HMS ''Velox'' (D34) was a
V-class destroyer built in 1918. She served in the last year of the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and was engaged in the
Second Ostend Raid
The Second Ostend Raid (officially known as Operation VS) was the later of two failed attempts made during the spring of 1918 by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy to block the channels leading to the Belgian port of Ostend as a part of its confl ...
. During the interwar period she underwent a refit and continued serving during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
as a long range convoy escort in the
battle of the Atlantic. 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.
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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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