HMS Janus (F53)
Service
- as HMS Janus5 August 1939 — 23 January 19441,605 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Janus
- Pennant / hull number
- F53
- Namesake
- Roman god Janus
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
- Ordered
- 25 March 1937
- Laid down
- 29 September 1937
- Launched
- 10 November 1938
- Commissioned
- 5 August 1939
- Fate
- Sunk by a Fritz X bomb, 23 January 1944
By aircraft (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,690 long tons (1,717 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,330 long tons (2,367 t)
- Length
- 108.51 m (356 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 183
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Janus was a J-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F53. The ship was named after Roman god Janus. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom laid her keel on 29 September 1937. She entered service on 5 August 1939, having been launched on 10 November 1938.
Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the Tribal-class destroyer and was succeeded by the L and M-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,690 long tons standard and 2,330 long tons at full load. She measured 108.5 m (356 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 183. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 44,000 shp.
She was in commission for 1,605 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 23 January 1944 by aircraft, at 41°26′N 12°38′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 44000 shp
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Armament
- 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns
- 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns
- 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns
- 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Janus (F53) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3695 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons