HMS Javelin (F61)

HMS "Javelin" (F61) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938, and commissioned on 10 June 1939.

At the end of November 1940, the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, consisting of the HMS "Jupiter", "Javelin", "Jackal", "Jersey", and "Kashmir", under Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, was operating out of Plymouth, England. The flotilla engaged the German destroyers "Hans Lody", "Richard Beitzen", and "Karl Galster". The "Javelin" was badly damaged by torpedo and artillery hits from the German destroyers and lost both her bow and her stern. Only 155 feet of "Javelin"'s original 353 foot length remained afloat and she was towed back to harbour. "Javelin" was out of action for almost a year.

"Javelin" participated in the Operation Ironclad assault on Madagascar in May 1942.

She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver a supply convoy to Malta, in June 1942.

HMS "Javelin" was sold for scrap on 11 June 1949, and she was scrapped at Troon in Scotland.

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