HMS Jervis Bay

P1

• 7 × 15.2 cm ( 6 in) L/45 Mk VII guns
• 2 × 7.6 cm (3 inches) Flak

HMS Jervis Bay was a British auxiliary cruiser of the Royal Navy, which was converted from the former line steamer Jervis Bay, Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line.

History

The line steamer Jervis Bay was made in 1922 at the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line in service.

As 1939/1940 Britain's supply depended in large part on the Atlantic convoys from the United States, there was a huge need for support vessels to escort these convoys to protect against German submarines and surface vessels. Therefore, a good 50 to the appropriate merchant ships were converted into auxiliary cruisers. This change was in the case of Jervis Bay from the installation of seven 15.2 - inch guns of the First World War, and two 7.6 -inch anti-aircraft guns.

In the Royal Navy the Jervis Bay was put into service in October 1939. Your first mission trip she made in May 1940 as an escort. In October / November 1940, she was the only escort for the convoy consisting of 37 merchant ships HX -84, when he was attacked by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. Through the use of the crew of Jervis Bay, which was letting himself in spite of their much weaker armament on a battle was a complete destruction of the convoy be prevented. Only six ships of the convoy, including the Jervis Bay were sunk. This was also supported by the fact that scattered the convoy. The Jervis Bay sank on 5 November 1940. ( Lage53.683333333333 - 32.283333333333 )

The captain of the ship, Edward Sweeping, which sank with the ship, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.