HMS Velox (D34)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Velox.
 HMS Velox, 1944 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Velox |
| Builder: | Doxford, Pallion |
| Laid down: | January 1917 |
| Launched: | 17 November 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 1 April 1918 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiralty V-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,272 tons |
| Length: | 300 ft (91.4 m) |
| Beam: | 26.9 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (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 (63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 110 |
| Armament: | 4 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/45 Mark V guns, mounting P Mk. I 2 × QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II |
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.
References
- Preston, Antony (1971). 'V & W' Class Destroyers 1917-1945. London: Macdonald. OCLC 464542895.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1979). 'V' and 'W' Class Destroyers. Man o' War 2. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 0-85368-233-X.
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