HMS Jupiter

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	J
War	Second World War
Main guns	3 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns

Sank the Japanese submarine I-60 in January 1942. Blew up at night during the Java Sea battle, probably on a Dutch mine.

Photograph of British destroyer HMS Jupiter (F85) HMS Kashmir is in the background. Photograph taken from HMS Kelvin. Photo: Ware, C J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

3 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
1 × quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns
2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × rack, 2 × throwers for depth charges

Builder	Yarrow & Company
Laid down	28 September 1937
Launched	27 October 1938
Commissioned	25 June 1939
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
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	183 (218 for flotilla leaders)

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

Career

Launched

27 October 1938

Action off Plymouth

Survived

29 November 1940

Battle of the Java Sea

Sunk

27 February 1942

Probably a Dutch mine