HMS Javelin

	Javelin at anchor, 1941
History
United Kingdom
Name	Javelin
Builder	John Brown and Company
Laid down	11 October 1937
Launched	21 December 1938
Commissioned	10 June 1939
Identification	Pennant number: F61
Fate	Sold for scrap, 11 June 1949
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	J-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard); 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load);
Length	356 ft 6 in (108.7 m) (o/a)
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.9 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) (deep)
Installed power	44,000 shp (33,000 kW); 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
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
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	3 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns; 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes ; 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers;

HMS Javelin was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

History
Javelin at anchor, 1941
United Kingdom
Name	Javelin
Builder	John Brown and Company
Laid down	11 October 1937
Launched	21 December 1938
Commissioned	10 June 1939
Identification	Pennant number: F61
Fate	Sold for scrap, 11 June 1949
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	J-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard) 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load)
Length	356 ft 6 in (108.7 m) (o/a)
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.9 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) (deep)
Installed power	44,000 shp (33,000 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
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
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	3 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers