HMS Jervis

Jervis in 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	Jervis
Namesake	Admiral John Jervis
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	26 August 1937
Launched	9 September 1938
Commissioned	8 May 1939
Decommissioned	May 1946
Identification	Pennant number: F00 (1937–1940) G00 (1940–1946)
Honours and awards	13 battle honours (see below)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1954
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	J-class Flotilla leader
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard) 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load)
Length	356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	183 (218 for flotilla leaders)
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	3 × twin 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 1 × quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machineguns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × depth charge rack, 2 × throwers, 20 × depth charges
Service record
Part of:	7th Destroyer Flotilla (1939–1940) 14th Destroyer Flotilla (1940–1945)
Commanders:	Captain Philip Mack (1939–1942) Captain A.L Poland (1942) Captain A.F Pugsley (January 1943– 22 June 1943) Captain J.S Crawford (22 June 1943– November 1943) Lt. Commander Roger P. Hill (1944)
Operations:	Battle of Cape Matapan (March 1941) Battle of the Tarigo Convoy (April 1941) Battle of Crete (May 1941) Second Battle of Sirte (March 1942) Operation Vigorous (June 1942) Operation Husky (July 1943) Operation Avalanche (September 1943) Dodecanese Campaign (September–November 1943) Operation Shingle (January 1944) Operation Neptune (June 1944)

HMS Jervis, was a J-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. She was named after Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823). She was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 26 August 1937. The ship was launched on 9 September 1938 and commissioned on 8 May 1939, four months before the start of the Second World War.

Designed as a flotilla leader to the J-class destroyers, who were intended to make up the 7th Destroyer Flotilla, Jervis was the sister ship of, and identical to, Kelly, leader to the K class (forming the 8th Flotilla) and similar to Napier of the N class. However, despite an impressive war record (she earned 13 battle honours) she remains virtually unknown compared to her sister, Kelly.