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. Design history The design was intended as a smaller follow on from the preceding Tribal class and incorporated one radical new idea that was a departure from all In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) John Brown and Company of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, was a pre-eminent Shipbuilder, responsible for building many notable Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

At the end of November 1941, the 5th Destroyer Flotilla comprising HMS Jupiter, Javelin, Jackal, Jersey and Kashmir, under Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, were operating out of Plymouth. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, Plymouth ( is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England about south west of London. The flotilla engaged the German destroyers Hans Lody, Richard Beitzen and Karl Galster. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 Destroyers ( Ger: Zerstörer) At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 Destroyers ( Ger: Zerstörer) At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 Destroyers ( Ger: Zerstörer) The Javelin was badly damaged by torpedo and artillery hits from the German destroyers and lost both her bow and stern. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below Artillery (from French artillerie) is a military Combat Arm which employs any apparātus machine Only 155 feet of Javelin's original 353 foot length remained afloat and she was towed back to harbour. Javelin was out of action for almost a year.

Javelin participated in the Operation Ironclad assault on Madagascar in May 1942. The Battle of Madagascar (or Operation Ironclad) was the Allied campaign to capture Vichy French -controlled Madagascar during World Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern

She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver a supply convoy to Malta, in June 1942. Operation Vigorous was a World War II Allied operation to deliver a supply convoy (MW-11 that sailed from Haifa and Port Said on 12 June 1942 to The Malta Convoys were a series of Allied supply Convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War II. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands

HMS Javelin was sold for scrap on 11 June 1949 and broken up at Troon in Scotland. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated on the west coast about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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