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HMS ''Javelin'' 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 with the pennant number F61. ==History== In May 1940, during Operation Dynamo, ''Javelin'' and other destroyers rescued survivors from the sinking of . At the end of November 1940 the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, consisting of HMS ''Jupiter'', ''Javelin'', ''Jackal'', ''Jersey'', and ''Kashmir'', under Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, was operating off Plymouth, England. The flotilla engaged the German destroyers ''Hans Lody'', ''Richard Beitzen'', and ''Karl Galster''. ''Javelin'' was badly damaged by torpedo and artillery hits from the German destroyers and lost both her bow and her stern. Only of ''Javelin''s original length remained afloat and she was towed back to harbour. ''Javelin'' was out of action for almost a year. Probably arising from this incident, Stoker First Class T Robson was killed and is interred at St Pol de Leon Cemetery, Brittany, France. ''Javelin'' participated in the Operation Ironclad assault on Madagascar in May 1942. She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver a supply convoy to Malta, in June 1942. ''Javelin'' along with destroyed an Italian convoy on the night of 19 January 1943. The crew of ''Javelin'' mutinied on 17 October 1945 whilst the ship was anchored off Rhodes and several ratings were subsequently court-martialled. ''Javelin'' was sold to the shipbreakers on 11 June 1949, and she was scrapped at Troon in Scotland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Javelin (F61)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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