HMS Javelin (F61)
 Javelin in 1941 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Javelin |
| Builder: | John Brown and Company |
| Laid down: | 11 October 1937 |
| Launched: | 21 December 1938 |
| Commissioned: | 10 June 1939 |
| Identification: | pennant number: F61 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 11 June 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | J-class destroyer |
HMS Javelin was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938, and commissioned on 10 June 1939 with the pennant number F61.
History
In May 1940, during Operation Dynamo, Javelin and other destroyers rescued survivors from the sinking of SS Abukir.[1][2]
At the end of November 1940 the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, consisting of the HMS Jupiter, Javelin, Jackal, Jersey, and Kashmir, under Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, was operating off Plymouth, England. The flotilla engaged the German destroyers Hans Lody, Richard Beitzen, and Karl Galster. Javelin was badly damaged by torpedo and artillery hits from the German destroyers and lost 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. Probably arising from this incident, Stoker First Class T Robson was killed and is interred at St Pol de Leon Cemetery, Brittany, France.
Javelin participated in the Operation Ironclad assault on Madagascar in May 1942.
She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver a supply convoy to Malta, in June 1942. Javelin along with HMS Kelvin destroyed an Italian convoy on the night of 19 January 1943.
The crew of Javelin mutinied on 17 October 1945 whilst the ship was anchored off Rhodes and several ratings were subsequently court-martialled.
Javelin was sold to the shipbreakers on 11 June 1949, and she was scrapped at Troon in Scotland.
Notes
- ↑ Mason, Geoffrey B (2004). Smith, Gordon, ed. "HMS Grenade (H 86) – G-class Destroyer". Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ↑ Mason, Geoffrey B (2004). Smith, Gordon, ed. "HMS Javelin (F 61) – J-class Destroyer". Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
References
- Winser, John de D (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.
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