HMS Vox
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Two submarine
s of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Vox, after the Latin
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Submarine
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s of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS Vox, after the Latin
Latin
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Voice
Voice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
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- HMS Vox (P67), a British U class submarineBritish U class submarineThe British U class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War...
launched in 1943, that upon completion was transferred to the Free French Navy as the French submarine CurieFrench submarine Curie (P67)The French submarine Curie was a British-built U class submarine, a member of the third group of that class to be built. Laid down as HMS Vox for the Royal Navy she was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces on the day she was commissioned, where she served as Sous-Marin Curie from 1943-46,...
. She was returned to the Royal Navy in 1946, and scrapped in 1949. - HMS Vox (P73) - a British V class submarineBritish V class submarineThe British V class submarine was a class of submarines built for the Royal Navy during World War II. 42 vessels were ordered to this design, all to be built by Vickers-Armstrong at either Barrow-in-Furness or at Walker-on-Tyne, but only 22 were completed...
launched in 1943, that replaced the first Vox until she returned to RN service. This Vox was then scrapped in 1946.