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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.
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
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 ...
∗ Written with the first "s" as an "ſ" in Victorian manner i.e.: "Cloẛsan"¤ First name read as "David" in Cyriax crewlist † This name appears twice in the original list
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
T/Lt. Edwin L Davies, RNVR (relieved with entire crew 3 June); T/Lt. Geoffrey P Baker, RNVR (and crew from HMS Plinlimmon) 5: 2,587 HMT Our Bairns (FY1566) Royal Navy: Naval trawler: 1917: 275: Skr. James Henry Miller, RNR: 1: 200 HMS Pacific Royal Navy: Dutch coaster: 1938: 362: Lt. Cdr. Charles John Skrine, RN (retd) 3: 994 SS Pacifico United ...
Kelvin had expended 300 rounds of her 4.7-inch guns and Javelin 500 rounds. [2] Javelin and Kelvin quickly headed for Malta, where they arrived safely the next day. [4] RD 36 and its crew were awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour for the action against overwhelming odds.
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.