HMS Velox was a turbine-powered torpedo boat destroyer (or "TBD") of the British Royal Navy built on speculation in 1901-04 by engineering firm Parsons...
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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Velox, Latin for 'swift': HMS Velox (1902) was a Viper-class destroyer, formerly named Python when...
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HMS Shakespeare from September 1918. After the War he briefly commanded HMS Velox before being appointed Assistant to Chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain...
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HMS Argyll was one of six Devonshire-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was assigned to the...
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V and W-class destroyer (redirect from HMS Zealous (1919))
except in Vimy, Vanoc, Velox, Versatile and Vortigern in which only the forward bank was replaced. Vanquisher, Vanoc, Velox, Vehement, Venturous, Versatile...
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wrecked near Alderney on 3 August 1901. Python, later renamed Velox, launched 11 February 1902, mined and sunk off Nab light vessel, 25 October 1915. Lyon...
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shipbuilder: HMS Daring and HMS Decoy from John I. Thornycroft & Company, HMS Havock and HMS Hornet from Yarrows, and HMS Ferret and HMS Lynx from Laird...
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the Norwegian barque Velox abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Some of her crew were put aboard with the intention of taking Velox in to Queenstown, County...
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destroyers on 23 October when she was intercepted by the British submarine HMS E8. E8 fired a spread of torpedoes at a range of approximately 1,200 m (1...
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January 1947 A Greek merchant steamship that ran aground off The Needles. HMS Velox Royal Navy 25 October 1915 A torpedo boat destroyer that struck a mine...
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