HMS Jervis Bay

Sunk

Type	Armed merchant cruiser
War	Second World War
Main guns	7 × 6″ guns

Liner taken up as an armed merchant cruiser with old 6-inch guns. The only escort of convoy HX 84, on 5 November 1940 she steamed at Admiral Scheer so that the convoy could scatter, and was sunk in about 22 minutes. 190 of her crew were killed, Captain Edward Fegen among them; he was given a posthumous Victoria Cross.

“HMS Jervis Bay at Dakar, Senegal, which has to have been taken in either January or April, 1940. You can clearly see that the ship was not painted battleship grey, as all of the painted pictures of the battle incorrectly indicate. You can also clearly see the starboard guns. S2 (on the well deck) w Photo: Photo by JF Aylard, survivor., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

7 × 6 in (152 mm) Mk. VII guns
2 × 3 in (76 mm) AA guns

Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Launched	17 January 1922
Commissioned	October 1940
Length	549 ft (167 m)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	254

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

17 January 1922

Convoy HX 84 and Jervis Bay

Sunk

5 November 1940

190 killed; 65 saved