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Javelin was badly damaged by gunfire and torpedoes fired by the German destroyers, losing both her bow and her stern. Only 155 feet (47 m) of Javelin ' s original 353 ft (108 m) length remained afloat and she was towed back to harbour. Javelin was out of action for almost a year. A total of 45 officers and ratings were killed in this action.
The ships were built in three flotillas or groups, each consisting of eight ships with names beginning with "J", "K" and "N". The flag superior of the pennant numbers changed from "F" to "G" in 1940. The ships were modified throughout their wartime service, particularly their anti-aircraft (AA) guns; they were also fitted with radar.
A twin Mk.XII mounting on HMS Javelin Although the design was rejected for the fleet cruiser role, [ 1 ] by August 1935, after no less than eight design proposals, it had evolved to present a destroyer with eight 4.7 inch Quick Firing Mark XII guns, in four twin mountings, with a maximum elevation of 40°, [ 2 ] controlled by a low-angle (LA ...
Ship's Boy: Deptford, Kent 18 Robert Golding: Ship's Boy Deptford, Kent 19 William Aitken ∞: Royal Marines Kenilworth, Surrey 37 John Brown ∞: Able Seaman Robert Carr ∞: Armourer London 23 James Elliot ∞: Sailmaker Woolwich, Kent 20
11th Destroyer Flotilla: 1939 Home Fleet HMS Vanquisher, HMS Vansittart, HMS Vimy, HMS Walker, HMS Warwick, HMS Whirlwind and HMS Winchelsea; 12th Destroyer Flotilla; 13th Destroyer Flotilla; 14th Destroyer Flotilla:1942 Mediterranean Fleet HMS Jervis, Javelin, Kelvin, Nubian, Pakenham, Paladin and Petard; 15th Destroyer Flotilla. 1939 Rosyth ...
1 Fiji-class (12 × 6-inch main btty, 31.25 kn): HMS Jamaica 1 Southampton-class (12 × 6-inch main btty, 32 kn): HMS Sheffield 9 destroyers 5 V-class: HMS Virago, HMS Verulam, HMS Vigilant, HMCS Algonquin, HMCS Sioux 1 W-class: HMS Wakeful 1 S-class: HMS Swift 1 O-class: HMS Onslaught 1 N-class: ORP Piorun 1 J-class: HMS Javelin
HMS Jackal (F22) HMS Jaguar (F34) German trawler V 401 Jan Mayen; HMS Janus (F53) USS Jasper; HMS Javelin; Sternwheeler Jean; HMS Jersey (F72) HMS Jervis; French aircraft carrier Joffre; John Hulst (ship) John McKeon (pilot boat) USS Jouett (DD-396) HMS Juno (F46) HMS Jupiter (F85)
HMS Janus, named after the Roman god, was a Javelin or J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne as part of the 1936 Build Programme and laid down on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939.