HMS Juno (F46)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Juno.

History
HMS Juno (F46)
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Juno
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down:	5 October 1937
Launched:	8 December 1938
Commissioned:	25 August 1939
Identification:	Pennant number: F46
Fate:	Sunk by Italian aircraft, 21 May 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	J-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard) 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load)
Length:	356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a
Beam:	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power:	44,000 shp (33,000 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	183 (218 for flotilla leaders)
Sensors and processing systems:	ASDIC
Armament:	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers

HMS Juno was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5 October 1937, launched on 8 December 1938 and commissioned on 25 August 1939. Juno participated in the Battle of Calabria^[1] in July 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.

Attacked and sunk

Juno was attacked by an Italian CANT Z.1007 aircraft from 50th group, flown by Lt. Mario Morassutti,^[2] as she steamed with the Mediterranean Fleet against the German sea-borne invasion of Crete and sank 30 nautical miles south-east of Crete on 21 May 1941.^[2]

At the time of her attack and sinking Juno was commanded by Cdr. St. John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt and would have had a complement of 183 to 218 seamen and officers. It is figured that 116 crew lost their lives after 3 high-powered explosions split Juno in two, sinking her in around 97 seconds.^[3]

Notes

↑ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). "Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2: HMS JUNO (F 46) – J-class Destroyer including Convoy Escort Movements". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
1 2 "HMS Juno (F 46) Destroyer of the J class". uboat.net. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
↑ "HMS Juno (F46) [+1941]". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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Coordinates: 34°35′N 26°34′E / 34.583°N 26.567°E / 34.583; 26.567

J-, K- and N-class destroyers

Royal Navy

J class	Jervis [leader] Jackal Jaguar Jamaica / Juno Janus Jersey Jubilant Jupiter Kashmir / Javelin

K class	Kelly [leader] Kandahar Javelin / Kashmir Kelvin Khartoum Kimberley Kingston Kipling

N class	Nerissa / Noble (G65) Noble (G84) Nonpareil

Royal Australian Navy

N class	Napier [leader] Nizam Nestor Norman Norseman / Nepal

Indonesian Navy

N class	Gadjah Mada (ex-Tjerk Hiddes)

Royal Netherlands Navy

N class	Van Galen (ex-Noble (G84)) Tjerk Hiddes (ex-Nonpareil)

Polish Navy

N class	Piorun (ex-Nerissa)

Preceded by: Tribal class
Followed by: L class

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
List of destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1941

Shipwrecks	1 May: Nerissa 2 May: HMS Jersey, Kwinana 4 May: Malakand 7 May: HMS Hurricane 8 May: Pinguin 10 May: Empire Caribou, Ramb III, U-110 12 May: HMS Ladybird 13 May: Somersby 14 May: HMNZS Puriri 15 May: Leon 16 May: Archangel 21 May: HMS Juno, Robin Moor 22 May: Fiji, HMS Gloucester, HMS Greyhound, HMS York 23 May: HMS Kashmir, HMS Kelly 24 May: HMS Hood 25 May: Conte Rosso, HMS Grimsby 27 May: Bismarck 28 May: HMS Mashona 29 May: HMS Hereward, HMS Imperial Unknown date: HMS Undaunted

Other incidents	9 May: Empire Cloud, U-110 18 May: Gianna M 26 May: Winnipeg 29 May: August Wriedt

1940 1941 1942 April 1941 June 1941

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