HMS Jupiter (F85)
- 2 Admiralty three-drum boiler
- 2 Parsons turbines with reduction gears
- 40,000 PSW ( 29.4 MW)
- 6 × 12 - mm guns Mk XII ( 3 × 2)
- 4 × 2 -pounder Mk VIII ( 1 × 4)
- 8 × 12.7 - mm anti-aircraft guns (2 × 4)
- 10 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (2 x 5 )
HMS Jupiter ( F85 ) was a British destroyer of J class. He was born on September 28, 1937 set at Yarrow & Company in Scotstoun, Glasgow to Kiel, launched on October 27, 1938 and entered service on 25 June 1939. After commissioning she was assigned to the 7th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet. On 28 February 1942 she ran in Java on a mine and sank.
History
On June 18, 1941 began a British battle group, consisting of the light cruiser HMS Nigeria and the destroyers HMS Bedouin, HMS Tartar and Jupiter, the German weather ship Lauenburg in dense fog northeast of Jan Mayen from after they had located it by Huff - Duff. The crew of Lauenburg was on the ship when the British opened fire. Subsequently, the British boarded the ship and captured valuable documents and the cipher. Then the weather ship was sunk in position 73 ° 2 ' N, 3 ° 13' W73.033333333333 - 3.2166666666667.
On November 29, 1941, seconded from the Mediterranean fleet destroyer HMS Jupiter and HMS Encounter joined in Colombo the G Force. The five ships arrived in the course of the same day off, met at sea with HMS Repulse, and set course for Singapore, where they arrived on 2 December. On January 17, 1942 succeeded in Jupiter, the Japanese submarine I -60 to sink.
On 28 February 1942, the Jupiter ran north of Java on a sea mine that had the Dutch minelayer Gouden Leeuw moved earlier in the day.
Technical Description
The armament consisted of six 12 -inch guns in twin mountings Mk XII for use against sea and air targets (two towers before the bridge, the rear in excessive position, a gun mount on a platform at the rear ). As Flakbewaffnung the destroyer had a 2- pounder Mk VIII gun Vierling on a platform behind the chimney, as well as eight 0.5 - inch ( 12.7 -mm) - Fla - MG. Ten torpedo tubes in two sets of five tubes completed the armament.