HMS Jupiter (F85)
Service
- as Jupiter25 June 1939 — 27 February 1942910 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Jupiter
- Pennant / hull number
- F85
- Builder
- Yarrow & Company
- Laid down
- 28 September 1937
- Launched
- 27 October 1938
- Commissioned
- 25 June 1939
- Fate
- Struck a mine and sank, 27 February 1942
By mine (1942) - 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 Jupiter was a J-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F85. Yarrow & Company laid her keel on 28 September 1937. She entered service on 25 June 1939, having been launched on 27 October 1938.
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 910 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 27 February 1942 by mine, at 6°45′S 112°06′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 Jupiter (F85) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Ware, C J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 238 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons