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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 Battle off Zuwarah (19/20 January 1943) was a naval night encounter during the Second World War. The battle took place in Libyan waters between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina . An Italian flotilla of small minesweepers and auxiliary vessels evacuating Tripoli was destroyed by two British destroyers.
Mined off Tripoli, 19 December 1941, and later scuttled 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 ...
World War II: Convoy C: The Spica-class torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia by HMS Janus, HMS Javelin, HMS Jervis and HMS Kelvin (all Royal Navy) with loss of her captain and 134 crew members. There were 29 survivors.
In late 1939 and early 1940, Z20 Karl Galster helped to laid three offensive minefields off the English coast that claimed one British destroyer, a fishing trawler, and twenty merchant ships. After a refit that prevented her from participating in the German invasion of Norway in April, the ship was sent to Norway for escort duties.
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 ...
A shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island is the long-lost ship of British explorer Captain James Cook, according to experts.. Researchers at the Australian National Maritime Museum said they have ...
Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair HMT Jasper (T14) Royal Navy: Naval trawler: 1932: 381: Lt. Arthur Johnson, RNVR: 0: 0 ST Java: Merchant Navy: Harbour tug: 1905: 128: W Jones, Master: 1: 270 HMS Javelin (F61) Royal Navy: Destroyer: 1939: 1,720: Cdr Tony Pugsley,RN: 2: 1,253 Left Dynamo on 2 June due to not ...