Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Auxiliary cruiser

HMS Jervis Bay

Bay-class ocean liner

HMS Jervis Bay
Photo by JF Aylard, survivor. — Trevor Reeve and Joe Marriott from HMS Jervis Bay Assosiation Contact Details: http://hmsjervisbay.com/ContactUs.php — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate “HMS Jervis Bay at Dakar, Senegal, which has to have been taken in either January or April, 1940. You can clearly see that the ship was not painted battleship grey, as all of the painted pictures of the battle incorrectly indicate. You can also clearly see the starboard guns. S2 (on the well deck) was blown off the ship during the battle (complete with gun crew, who all perished - apart from Fred

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Jervis BayOctober 1940 — 5 November 194035 days of the war
Bay-class ocean liner Particulars
Name
HMS Jervis Bay
Builder
Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Launched
17 January 1922
Commissioned
October 1940
Fate
Sunk by the cruiser German cruiser Admiral Scheer, 5 November 1940 (1940)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Length
167.34 m (549 ft)
Beam
20.73 m (68 ft)
Draught
10.06 m (33 ft)
Speed
15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
Complement
254
Main gun
152 mm (6 in)

HMS Jervis Bay was a auxiliary cruiser of the Bay-class ocean liner in service with the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness. Launched on 17 January 1922, she entered service in October 1940.

She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Loch class.

She measured 167.3 m (549 ft) long with a beam of 20.7 m (68 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 254.

Her main battery was seven 152 mm (6 in) guns.

She was in commission for 35 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 5 November 1940, at 53°41′N 32°17′W. 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
Armament
  • 7 × 6 in (152 mm) Mk. VII guns
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) AA guns

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Jervis Bay on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Photo by JF Aylard, survivor. — Trevor Reeve and Joe Marriott from HMS Jervis Bay Assosiation Contact Details: http://hmsjervisbay.com/ContactUs.php — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons