HMS Velox (D34)
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 HMS Velox, 1944 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Velox |
| Builder: | Doxford, Pallion |
| Laid down: | January 1917 |
| Launched: | November 17, 1917 |
| Commissioned: | April 1, 1918 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiralty V class |
| Displacement: | 1,272 tons |
| Length: | 300 feet (91.4 m) |
| Beam: | 26.9 feet (8.2 m) |
| Draught: | 9 feet (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Complement: | 110 |
| Armament: | 4×QF 4" L/45 Mark V, mounting P Mk. I, 2×QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II, 2×twin tubes for 21" torpedoes. Later conversted to one twin and on triple tube. |
HMS Velox (D34) was a 'V' class destroyer built in 1918. She served in the last year of the First World War and was engaged in the Second Ostend Raid. During the interwar period she underwent a refit and continued serving during the Second World War as a long range convoy escort in the battle of the Atlantic. Post-war Velox was broken up in the reduction of the fleet.
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