HMS Jupiter (F85)

HMS "Jupiter" (F85) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Yarrow & Company at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 28 September 1937, launched on 27 October 1938 and commissioned on 25 June 1939.

Operations

On 29 November 1941, the "Jupiter" and HMS "Encounter", detached from the Mediterranean Fleet, joined up with Force G at Colombo, and the five ships sailed later that day. They rendezvoused with "HMS Repulse" at sea, and set course for Singapore, where they arrived on 2 December. They spent a few days there with shore leave and refit, while waiting for orders. On 1 December, it was announced that Sir Tom Phillips had been promoted to full Admiral, and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Fleet. A few days later, "Repulse" started on a trip to Australia with the "Vampire" and "Tenedos", but the force was recalled.

She sank a Japanese I-60 submarine on 17 January 1942. "HMS Jupiter", commanded by Lieutenant Commander Norman V. J. T. Thew, RN, struck a mine as she steamed with the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) cruiser force during the Battle of the Java Sea. She was sunk off the north Java coast in the Java Sea on 28 February 1942 by a mine laid earlier in the day by the Dutch minelayer "Gouden Leeuw".

The wreck has been plotted, and is described by the Admiralty as "very broken up, partly salvaged, and very close to the Java coast".

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External links

*http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/hms/jupiter.html
* [http://www.hmsjupiter.co.uk HMS Jupiter Association]