HMS ''Velox'' (D34) was a
V-class destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
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
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade ...
. Post-war ''Velox'' was broken up in the reduction of the fleet. Sailors of the ship took part in the
Royal Navy mutiny of 1919
The Royal Navy mutiny of 1919 was a peaceful mutiny of several dozen sailors protesting against their deployment to the British campaign in the Baltic of 1918–19. Of all who left their ships 96 offenders were arrested and punished, ten by impr ...
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V and W-class destroyers of the Royal Navy
Ships built on the River Wear
1917 ships
World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom
World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
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