HMS Juno (F46)
- Displacement
- 1,690 long tons (1,717 t)
- Length
- 108.51 m (356 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Complement
- 183
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as HMS Juno25 August 1939 — 21 May 1941628 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Juno
- Pennant / hull number
- F46
- Builder
- Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
- Laid down
- 5 October 1937
- Launched
- 8 December 1938
- Commissioned
- 25 August 1939
- Fate
- Sunk by Italian aircraft, 21 May 1941
By aircraft (1941) - 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 Juno was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F46. Her keel was laid at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on 5 October 1937. Launched on 8 December 1938, she entered service on 25 August 1939.
She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the Tribal-class destroyer and was succeeded by the L and M-class destroyer.
She displaced 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 628 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 21 May 1941 by aircraft, at 34°35′N 26°34′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 Juno (F46) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.