Allied Warships
HMS Velox (D 34)
Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class
HMS Velox as seen during the war.At this stage she is not yet converted to a long range escort.
Photo Courtesy of Graham White.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 34 |
| Built by | Doxford Shipyard (Sunderland, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Jan 1917 |
| Launched | 17 Nov 1917 |
| Commissioned | 1 Apr 1918 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort at Sheerness Dockyard was finished in May 1944. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 18 February 1947. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Edward Gregson Roper, DSC, RN Lt. George Baillie Barstow, RN HMS Velox was in Dockyard Control during conversion / refit T/Lt. Cedric David Charles Dickens, RNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Kenneth James Webb, RNR HMS Velox is not listed in the July 1945 Navy list |
Commands listed for HMS Velox (D 34)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) James Chaignean Colvill, RN | 15 Jun 1939 | 28 Oct 1940 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Gregson Roper, DSC, RN | 28 Oct 1940 | 26 Mar 1942 | |
| 3 | Lt. George Baillie Barstow, RN | 26 Mar 1942 | ??? | |
| 4 | T/Lt. Cedric David Charles Dickens, RNVR | 25 Apr 1944 | 10 Mar 1945 | |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Kenneth James Webb, DSC, RNR | 10 Mar 1945 | Apr 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Velox include:
19 Aug 1941
The surviving crew members from the British merchant ship Alva, that was sunk by the German submarine U-559 were picked up by the British corvette HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RNR) and transferred to the British destroyer HMS Velox (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSC, RN) and landed at Gibraltar on 25 August 1941.
22 Aug 1941
At 2331 hours the German submarine U-564 fired a salvo of four torpedoes at the convoy OG-71 west of Aveiro, Portugal and observed four different detonations and three columns of fire, later lifeboats were seen. Suhren thought that he had sunk two ships and damaged two others. However, only two ships were hit and sunk, the British merchant ship Empire Oak and Irish merchant ship Clonlara in position 40º43'N, 11º39'W. The master Joseph Reynolds and 12 crew members from the Clonlara were picked up by the British corvette HMS Campion (Lt.Cdr. A. Johnson, RNVR) and landed at Gibraltar on 24 August. Six crew members were lost. The master Frederick Edward Christian, three crew members and four gunners from the Empire Oak were picked up by the British corvette HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RNR), later transferred to the British destroyer HMS Velox (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSC, RN) and landed at Gibraltar on 25 August. 13 crew members were lost. On 19 August, the Empire Oak had picked up six survivors from Aguila and eleven survivors from Alva. The survivors from Aguila died when this ship was sunk, while the other survivors were also rescued by the corvette.
22 Aug 1942
HMS Velox (Lt. G.B. Barstow, RN) picks up 66 survivors from the British merchant City of Wellington that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-506 south-west of Freetown in position 07º29'N, 14º40'W.