HMS Jervis Bay

Jervis Bay at Dakar in 1940
History
United Kingdom
NameJervis Bay
BuilderVickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Launched17 January 1922, as SS Jervis Bay
AcquiredAugust 1939
CommissionedOctober 1940
FateSunk by the cruiser Admiral Scheer, 5 November 1940
General characteristics
TypeArmed Merchant Cruiser
Tonnage14,164 grt
Length549 ft (167 m)
Beam68 ft (21 m)
Draught33 ft (10 m)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement254
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.