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Karen Halabi is the CO of HMS Trident, Deputy Commander of UNPROFLEET and Head of the British Contingent. She is the daughter of a Pakistani father and a British mother. She joined the navy to escape from her abusive father. She is a strong-minded and skilled commander.
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.
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 ...
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
But there was character in that face, and intelligence, and the green eyes looked lively". Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 11 Armstrong, Victoria ("Vicki") RMN Captain, commanding officer HMS Artemis ; vice Admiral Gold Peak's flight captain. {See also Armstrong, Veronica (different spelling)} Storm from the Shadows, (Character List Appendix.)
Kashmir (ex-Javelin) Thornycroft, Woolston: 18 November 1937 4 April 1939 26 October 1939 Bombed by German aircraft, 23 May 1941 Kelvin: Fairfield Shipbuilding, Govan: 5 October 1937 19 January 1939 27 November 1939 Sold for scrap, 1949 Khartoum: Swan Hunter, Wallsend: 27 October 1937 6 February 1939 6 November 1939
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.
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)