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 Jervis Bay at Dakar in 1940
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| History | |
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  United Kingdom | |
| Name | Jervis Bay |
| Builder | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched | 17 January 1922, as SS Jervis Bay |
| Acquired | August 1939 |
| Commissioned | October 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk by the cruiser Admiral Scheer, 5 November 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Tonnage | 14,164 grt |
| Length | 549 ft (167 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draught | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 254 |
| Armament | |
HMS Jervis Bay was a British liner later converted into an armed merchant cruiser, pennant F40. She was launched in 1922, and sunk in battle on 5 November 1940 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer in an action which earned her captain the Victoria Cross.