HMS Velox (1902)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Velox
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	10 January 1901
Launched	11 February 1902
Commissioned	February 1904
Fate	Mined 25 October 1915
General characteristics
Class & type	Viper-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	400 long tons (406 t) normal; 462 long tons (469 t) deep load;
Length	215 ft 0 in (65.53 m) oa; 210 ft 0+3⁄8 in (64.02 m) pp;
Beam	21 ft 0+3⁄8 in (6.41 m)
Draught	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Propulsion	Parsons turbines,
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) (full load)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × 12 pounder gun; 5 × 6 pounder guns; 2 × torpedo tubes;

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 Marine, with the hull subcontracted to Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne. Velox served in the First World War, being sunk by striking a mine in 1915.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Velox
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	10 January 1901
Launched	11 February 1902
Commissioned	February 1904
Fate	Mined 25 October 1915
General characteristics
Class & type	Viper-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	400 long tons (406 t) normal 462 long tons (469 t) deep load
Length	215 ft 0 in (65.53 m) oa 210 ft 0+3⁄8 in (64.02 m) pp
Beam	21 ft 0+3⁄8 in (6.41 m)
Draught	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Propulsion	Parsons turbines,
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) (full load)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × 12 pounder gun 5 × 6 pounder guns 2 × torpedo tubes