| Name: | JERVIS |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 26/08/1937 |
| Launched: | 09/09/1938 |
| Completed: | 12/05/1939 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 614 |
| Dimensions: | 1690disp - 2330disp, 339.5 x 35.8 x 9.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 34.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.7ins, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins guns; 2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 12/05/1939 | British Royal Navy |
| 03/01/1949 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Flottila leader of the J Class of destroyers |
| 19/03/1940: Damaged in collision with TOR near Longstone Light. Major damage to bow | |
| 17 x crew were killed in this incident which also prevented forward steaming | |
| 20/03/1940: Arrived at Swan Hunter, Wallsend, for repairs that took until May to complete | |
| 01/1944: Bow damaged by German glider bomb at Anzio | |
| No reported casualties & towed away stern first to safety | |
| 1948: Used for explosives trials in Loch Striven | |
| 03/01/1949: Sold for breaking up to WH Arnott, Young & Co at Port Bannatyne |
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