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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gerald Hamond|nick=Robert G. Hamond|appt=17 February, 1919<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>{{NLMar19|p. 923''a''}}|end=19 March, 1919<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gerald Hamond|nick=Robert G. Hamond|appt=17 February, 1919<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>{{NLMar19|p. 923''a''}}|end=19 March, 1919<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=19 March, 1919{{NLJun19|p. 923''a''}}<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=18 June, 1919<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=19 March, 1919{{NLJun19|p. 923''a''}}<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=18 June, 1919<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Maxwell Napier Williamson-Napier|nick=Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier|appt=19 June, 1919{{NLNov19|p. 924}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Maxwell Napier Williamson-Napier|nick=Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier|appt=19 June, 1919{{NLNov19|p. 924}}|end=31 October, 1919}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Bamford Millar|nick=Kenneth B. Millar|appt=31 October, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 880}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Bamford Millar|nick=Kenneth B. Millar|appt=31 October, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 880}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=May, 1921<ref>Bignell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=14 September, 1922<ref>Bignell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=May, 1921<ref>Bignell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=14 September, 1922<ref>Bignell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 14:50, 25 January 2017
H.M.S. Velox (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.43 (Apr 1918) D.40 (Sep 1918) G.65 (Nov 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Doxford[2] |
Launched: | 17 Nov, 1917[3] |
Completed: | 1 Apr, 1918[4] |
Commissioned: | 14 Mar, 1918[5] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Velox was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
There was an earlier destroyer named Velox.
Service
Velox was commissioned on 14 March, 1918[6] and immediately joined the Dover Patrol's Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, 3 March, 1918[8] – 17 February, 1919[9]
- Commander Robert G. Hamond, 17 February, 1919[10][11] – 19 March, 1919[12]
- Commander Fischer B. Watson, 19 March, 1919[13][14] – 18 June, 1919[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier, 19 June, 1919[16] – 31 October, 1919
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth B. Millar, 31 October, 1919[17]
- Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, May, 1921[18][19] – 14 September, 1922[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Christopher H. Ringrose, 14 September, 1922[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, 14 April, 1927[22] – 1928[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 14.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 923a.
- ↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 923a.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 924.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
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