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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.
RN auxiliary ships Survey Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note — HMS Scott: H131: 1997: 13,500 tonnes: Ocean survey: Devonport [77] — HMS Protector: A173: 2011: 5,000 tonnes: Icebreaker & survey [78] [N 16] Sea class 18 m variant: HMS Magpie: H130: 2018: 37 tonnes: Survey motor launch [80] Non-commissioned vessels ...
The Canadian order was for four ships from British yards in 1940 (completed in 1942 and 1943) and another four from Canadian yards at Halifax in 1942. The latter were not completed until after the war. Between 1937 and 1945, twenty-seven Tribals were built. Estimated cost per ship was around £340,000 excluding weaponry, and £520,000 overall.
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
The original 1920s edition of the H. P. Gibson naval board game Dover Patrol used a number of real RN ship names, but generally attached them to different ship classes. Thus the " Flagships " were H.M.S. Nelson and Drake , and the " Super Dreadnoughts " were H.M.S. Australia , New Zealand , Canada and India , but few of these resembled the ...
Balloon barrage vessel, base ship Quebec, returned Jul 1944 HMT L'Atlantique: Jul 1940: Anti-submarine, returned Apr 1946 HMT Lavatera: Apr 1940: Balloon barrage vessel, returned 1946 HMT Laverock: May 1940: Boom defence vessel, sold Mar 1946 HMT Lavinia L: Dec 1939: Balloon barrage vessel, lost 5 Jun 1941 HMT Lea Rig: 1940
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary tankers Blue Ranger and Brown Ranger, escorted by the destroyers HMS Javelin and ORP Piorun, were detached from Force Two on 1 April The attack on Tirpitz and the anti-aircraft batteries and ships located near her mooring at Kaafjord on 3 April involved two strike forces: [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]