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The J and K class was a class of sixteen destroyer escorts of the Royal Navy launched in 1938. They were heavy torpedo destroyers, designed to be cheaper than the destroyers of the Tribal class. Download high resolution version (1152x762, 94 KB)HMS Juno (F46) This image is copyrighted by the maintainer of the Web site http://www. ... Download high resolution version (1152x762, 94 KB)HMS Juno (F46) This image is copyrighted by the maintainer of the Web site http://www. ... HMS Juno (F46) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5 October 1937, launched on 8 December 1938 and commissioned on 25 August 1939. ... A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. ... A Destroyer Escort (DE) is a small, fast warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... In 1936, the Royal Navy ordered sixteen large Tribal class destroyers to compete with the similarly sized vessels being built for Japan, Germany and Italy. ...


They served in World War II, many in the Mediterranean where they fought several engagements against Italian ships and sank many merchant vessels. Eleven of the sixteen ships of the class were sunk in action, by dive bombers, torpedo planes, U-boats and mines. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... A naval mine is a stationary self-contained explosive device placed in water, to destroy ships and/or submarines. ...


The flag superior of their pennant numbers changed from F to G in 1940. HMS Leeds Castle, launched in 1943 as a corvette with pennant number K384, was redesignated a frigate in 1948 and given the new flag superior F as seen here. ...


J class

HMS Jackal (F22) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 31 March 1939. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... HMS Jaguar (F34) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... HMS Janus (F53), named after the Roman god, was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... HMS Javelin (F61) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938 and commissioned on 10 June 1939. ... HMS Jersey (F72) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 20 September 1937, launched on 26 September 1938 and commissioned on 28 April 1939. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... HMS Jervis (F00), named for Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 26 August 1937, launched on 9 September 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. ... HMS Juno (F46) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5 October 1937, launched on 8 December 1938 and commissioned on 25 August 1939. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... HMS Jupiter (F85) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 28 September 1937, launched on 27 October 1938 and commissioned on 25 June 1939. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

K class


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J, K and N class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1004 words)
The N class were ordered in 1940 as repeats of the J design, after delays and cost over-runs associated with the larger and more complicated L and M class.
While building, the same early wartime modifications as the Js and Ks were applied, with a pair of twin power-operated 0.5 in machine gun turrets briefly carried on the quarterdeck before being replaced by single 20 mm Oerlikons.
By the end of the war, the surviving J and K ships carried a lattice mast with Radar Type 293 target indication at the truck and Type 291 air warning at the head.
Robert K (838 words)
In April the destroyer was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet where she was assigned to a carrier task force, then undergoing extensive antisubmarine warfare training.
In the spring she returned to Norfolk and for the next 2 years she alternated cold weather operations with Caribbean cruises; then from the spring of 1953 until the summer of 1955 rotated between duty in the Mediterranean and exercises with the 2d Fleet off the U.S. east coast and in the Caribbean.
Emerging from the shipyard, the "new" destroyer steamed to her new home port, Mayport, and through 1961 operated off the U.S. east coast and in the Caribbean.
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