Janus on sea trials in 1939
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Janus |
Namesake | Roman god Janus |
Ordered | 25 March 1937 |
Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
Laid down | 29 September 1937 |
Launched | 10 November 1938 |
Commissioned | 5 August 1939 |
Identification | Pennant number: F53 |
Fate | Sunk by a Fritz X bomb, 23 January 1944 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | J-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 9 in (10.90 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 183 (218 for flotilla leaders) |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
Armament |
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HMS Janus, named after the Roman god, was a Javelin or J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne as part of the 1936 Build Programme and laid down on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939.[1]