| Name: | VELOX launched as PYTHON |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 18/04/1901 |
| Launched: | 11/02/1902 |
| Completed: | 05/1903 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 383 |
| Dimensions: | 400disp - 462disp, 210.0 x 21.0 x 7.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x HP Steam turbines and 2 x LP Steam turbines, 50000shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 4 x 2 x Screws, 34.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr QF, 5 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedo tubes |
| History: | |
| 05/1903 | British Royal Navy |
| 25/10/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built as a speculative venture by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, |
| with the hull sub-contracted to Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd | |
| 07/06/1902: Purchased by the Admiralty & renamed VELOX | |
| She had 4 x shafts and 2 x screws on each shaft | |
| Fitted with 2 x T3cyl engines for use with the LP turbines for cruising speed | |
| Achieved 34.5knots when under trials at light load & 27.1knots at full load | |
| 1907: 2 x T3cyl replaced with cruising turbines to increase cuising speed | |
| 1913: Reclassified as a member of the C Class | |
| 25/10/1915: Mined off the Nab light vessel & foundered when taken in tow |
Above photo as VELOX is copyright of the Imperial War Museum. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as VELOX is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
A plan view of the machinery layout of VELOX as built
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 12/02/1902