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	HMS Jervis (F00) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Jervis (F00), named for Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 26 August 1937, launched on 9 September 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939.
		Jervis participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
		Jervis was sold for scrap to W. Arnott, Young and Company, Limited on 3 January 1949 and broken up at Port Bannatyne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Jervis (121 words)

	HMS "Jervis Bay":Convoy HX.84. 5th November 1940 :Highland Archives
		Aboard the Jervis Bay, Captain Fegan and his crew had reason to be well pleased with their steady nine knots per hour progress, which had taken them almost to the mid-point of their journey.
		Mindful of the submarine menace, the Jervis Bays lookouts were all engaged in scanning the waters for the telltale signs of a U-boats periscope.
		HEROISM begets admiration, and to the skipper of the swedish ship Stureholm, who had witnessed the action, the heroism of the Jervis Bay was impressive to such a degree that, neutral though he was, the skipper could not sail by and leave the survivors to their grim fate.
	www.internet-promotions.co.uk /archives/caithness/jervisbay.htm (2436 words)

	NE Diary 1939-45; Warships Launched or Completed by N.E. Shipyards 1939-41
		'HMS Gladiolus' corvette (925t) - On 1st July 1940 the 'Gladiolus' forced 'U 26' to the surface and was, in company with another ship and a Sunderland flying boat, instrumental in forcing the U boat's crew to scuttle their vessel.
		The 'Eridge' was able to repay her debt to 'HMS Aldenham' (the ship that towed her to Alexandria) which was damaged after she ran aground, spares were taken from 'Eridge' (now classed as a hulk) to repair the 'Aldenham'.
		'HMS Pakenham' destroyer (1,540t) - Took part in the action that captured the 'U 559' on 30th October 1942 (see the entry for that date in the diary) - After being damaged during battle with Italian destroyers, she was finally sunk by enemy aircraft off Sicily on 16th April 1943.
	www.bpears.org.uk /NE-Diary/Bck/Warships1.html (2130 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Janus of the J class
		The destroyer HMS Ilex attempted to tow the ill fated destroyer, but failed and the vessel had to be abandoned, Janus was tasked to sink her.
		In March Janus was involved in the battle of Cape Matapan, whilst a unit of the 14th DD Flotilla, under Captain Mack aboard HMS Jervis.
		On the 28th, Janus with HMS Jervis and HMS Hasty sailed from Alexandria to assist with the evacuation of troops from Crete, the pick up point being the little fishing village of Sphakia.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4450.html (768 words)

	11 May 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Destroyer HMS Lively in company with HMS Jervis, Jackal and Kipling sailing to intercept an Axis convoy off Benghazi is subjected to air attack by a German squadron of 31 Junkers JU87 dive bombers from Crete.
		Destroyer HMS Kipling is subjected to the same round of air attacks and sinks 60 miles N of Mersa Matruh at 32 28N 36 20E.
		Jervis had managed to take her in tow, but the damage proved too great and she was sunk on 12 May by Jervis.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1942/05/11.htm (218 words)

	HMS Jervis Bay biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		HMS Jervis Bay was an armed mechant cruiser, pennant F40, sunk on 5 November 1940 by the German pocket battleship DKM Admiral Scheer.
		However the 11-inch guns of the German ship easily outranged Jervis Bay and she was sunk with the loss of 190 crew and Admiral Scheer went on to sink a further 7 ships out of the convoy.
		The 65 survivors from Jervis Bay were picked up by the neutral Swedish ship Stureholm and Fegen was awarded a postumous Victoria Cross.
	www.biography.ms /HMS_Jervis_Bay.html (202 words)

	Worldisround - The Sinking of HMS Barham, and more - by Mike Lynd
		HMS Barham and HMS Valiant taken from HMS Malaya en route to Southend..
		Battle squadron at sea consisting of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Barham and Valiant.
		H.M.S. Hood, H.M.S. Barham and the tug Roysterer at Malta in 1938.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/16107 (744 words)

	HMS Jervis Bay: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park: Heritage Resources Saint John
		The Jervis Bay, built originally as a passenger ship to carry emigrants to Australia, was taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
		In November 1940 the Jervis Bay was the sole escort for Convoy HX84 of thirty-seven freighters moving from Halifax to Britain.
		She located the Jervis Bay's convoy and decided to attack immediately, as it was late afternoon and it would be difficult to find targets in the dark.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /~Heritage/JervisBay/jervisbaymon2.htm (1654 words)

	Len Baker: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park: Heritage Resources Saint John
		The RNVR crew was taken from Chatham by special train and HMS Jervis Bay commissioned Aug. 30, 1939, under Captain H.G.Harris RN (ret'd.) at the Royal Albert docks.
		As the Jervis Bay repeatedly signalled the challenge "A", the signals officer of the Scheer was commanded to attempt a bluff.
		They looked little more than signals, but they showed that the enemy was returning the fire to the best of his ability and the fact that the response was so prompt indicated that the British auxiliary cruiser had been ready for action and that her guns were served by trained naval men.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /heritage/JervisBay/LenBaker.htm (1542 words)

	HMS Jersey
		HMS Jersey set off a mine when leaving the Humber and sustained some damage, repairs were carried out in the docks in London.
		The battlecruiser HMS Renown, battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, light cruiser HMS Sheffield and the destroyers HMS Fearless, HMS Foxhound, HMS Foresight, HMS Fury, HMS Encounter and HMS Jersey left Gibraltar to the west with convoy HG-53.
		In the meantime 4 destroyers HMS Duncan, HMS Isis, HMS Firedrake and HMS Jupiter left Gibraltar and steamed to the east to conduct a anti-submarine sweep.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /F72 (470 words)

	HMS Kelly, Royal Navy Destroyer
		HMS Kelly (F.01) was built by Hawthorn Leslie and launched on the 25th October 1938.
		The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
		The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean near Malta.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_kelly.htm (1783 words)

	A Midshipman's War - Stories
		HMS Vanguard of the same class was Nelson’s flagship at the battle of the Nile..
		It was HMS Nile built in 1839, a 2,600 ton converted sailing/screw ship with an armament of 10X8inch guns and 82x30 pounders with a length of 205 feet and depth of 54 feet.
		O’Conor was the captain of the ill-fated HMS Neptune when she was sunk by mines off Tripoli, Libya on the night of 19th December 1941.
	www3.bc.sympatico.ca /FrankWade/stories.html (9094 words)

	Caithness CWS - Caithness Books - Jervis Bay - Index
		October 1940 HMS Jervis Bay, an ancient cargo ship armed with a small number of obsolete guns, set out to escort 37 freighters and tankers across the North Sea.
		Outgunned and with no hope of survival, Captain Fegen and over 190 of the 256 Jervis Bay crew nevertheless then sacrificed themselves as they took the battle to the enemy in a one-sided duel with the Admiral Scheer, as they fought to secure the safe passage of the ships in their charge.
		This sacrificial battle is fully placed in both its contemporary naval and political contexts and includes graphic descriptions of battle scenes and action aboard the ships, together with the harrowing aftermath as men struggled to survive in the icy seas.
	www.caithness.org /caithnessbooks/jervisbay (356 words)

	HMS
		The Jervis Bay was an old 14,164 ton passenger liner, built in 1922 and used to carry immigrants to Australia and food back to Britain, but in 1939 with another 56 passenger liners she was converted into an AMC.
		The fate of the Jervis Bay was now sealed and she was to go down in a blaze of glory, in the finest tradition of the Royal and Merchant Navy, their luck had just run out.
		The final one of the convoy to be sunk was the "Vigaland" which was sunk later with the loss of 12 of her crew.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/merchantnavy_b.html (1804 words)

	jervisbaymemorialservice
		A sizeable crowd gathered by the cenotaph at the Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park recently to commemorate the anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Jervis Bay at a memorial service held November 7th.
		Despite overwhelming odds, the outmatched Jervis Bay advanced and met the Admiral Scheer, diverting the enemy away from the convoy and allowing all but three of the ships in the convoy to escape.
		Of the 255-crew members aboard the Jervis Bay, only 65 survived. They were rescued by Swedish freighter Stureholm.
	www.homestead.com /jervisbaymemorialservice (205 words)

	Gallery - HMS Jervis Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This photograph of the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Jervis Bay was taken by Peter Tingey, an apprentice aboard the Canonesa.
		It was taken in September 1940 as the Jervis Bay was escorting Convoy HX72.
		The full details of this action, during which the Jervis Bay's brave defence of its convoy saved many merchant ships from attack, is described in the excellent H.M.S. Jervis Bay Memorial web-site.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /annemariepurnell/cangal2d.html (87 words)

	HMS Jervis Bay (F40) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		HMS Jervis Bay was an armed mechant cruiser, pennant F40, sunk on 5 November 1940 by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
		She was the sole escort for 37 merchant ships in convoy HX84 from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Britain, when the convoy encountered Admiral Scheer.
		The 65 survivors from Jervis Bay were picked up by the neutral Swedish ship Stureholm and Fegen was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Jervis-Bay-(F40).htm (269 words)

	WW2Ships.com: J Class Destroyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To protect the fleet from mines provision for a two speed destroyer sweep (TSDS) was fitted to all but HMS Jervis, who as the flotilla leader had increased accommodation for staff which reduced the space available at the stern of the vessel.
		There was some discontent when it was found that the J class were only slightly smaller than the Tribal class (356.5 feet compared to 377 feet for the Tribals), had fewer main guns (six compared to eight), and yet cost more to build (£390,000 each compared to £340,000).
		Their performance silenced the critics, and the basic hull form was adopted for the 'emergency' programme.
	www.ww2ships.com /britain/gb-dd-001-b.shtml (1298 words)

	RMS Rangitiki
		It has been said that it was the size of the 'Tiki (at around 17,000 tons the largest vessel in the convoy), and its two funnel profile that made it such attractive prey.
		It was a gesture of the most gallant kind, the sacrifice of one ship for the good of the rest of the convoy.
		The outcome was certain, but the heroic fight put up by the Jervis Bay gained sufficient precious time for the convoy to scatter under the protective screen of smoke, and the Rangitiki and 30 other merchantmen eventually made it safely to harbour.
	www.rms-rangitiki.com /Jervis_Bay.htm (308 words)

	Games Depot
		At the beginning of the war, the passenger ship Jervis Bay was commissioned into the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser by arming her with 7 old 6" guns that had been in storage since the turn of the century.
		The Jervis Bay ordered the convoy to scatter as she headed out to intercept the raider, dropping smoke floats as she went.
		She was hit several times and was sunk before she could get her guns in range (all her shots fell short).
	www.wargamer.com /gamesdepot/details.asp?sid=247 (139 words)

	Jervis Bay
		Jervis Bay, sheltered inlet of the Pacific Ocean, 10 mi (16.1 km) long and 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, SE Australia.
		Jervis Bay, connected by rail with Canberra, 85 mi (137 km) inland, was intended to become the port of the landlocked Australian Capital Territory.
		When the territory gained self-government in 1988, Jervis Bay was separated and remained under the administration of the federal government.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0826216.html (225 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		Whilst commanding HMS Suffolk on the China Station in 1930-2, he won a Dutch lifesaving medal and an Admiralty commendation for his handling of the rescue of the crew of the Dutch steamer Hedwig, which had run aground on the Patras Reef in the South China Sea.
		The Jervis Bay was last seen by convoy HX84 at 7pm burning, but still afloat.
		Fegen was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross, for his brave actions on the 17th November 1940, which was gazetted on the 22nd.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_edward_fegen.htm (669 words)

	Cape Matapan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On learning of the position of the Italian battleship the HMS Formidable launched 3 separate airstrikes at 1130 hours, 1530 hours and the last one at around 1700 hours these torpedo bombers scored a hit on the Vittorio Veneto near her port propeller damaging her, although she was able to keep
		In the midst of the battle the HMS Jervis got close enough to Pola to rescue some 250 men still aboard the shattered cruiser and it was proposed that she be towed back to Alexandria as a prize of war.
		The Axis navies were however not completely out of the war in the Mediterranean, on the 25 November 1941 U-331 torpedoed and sank the battleship HMS Barham and a month later 3 Italian midget submarines sneaked into Alexandria harbor and fixed charges to 2 British battleships the HMS Valiant and the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
	members.tripod.com /~colemangr/Cape_Matapan.htm (533 words)

	WWII Book Review
		With six 11-inch guns that far outranged anything within the convoy, all Scheer had to do was steam in a lazy circle around its quarry, choosing its targets and blasting one ship after another into the hereafter.
		Jervis Bay took a fearful pounding but managed to stay afloat, a result of the 24,000 empty 45-gallon steel drums that it carried for buoyancy.
		He was holding the whip hand at the moment, but he knew that it was a big ocean, that he was all alone in it, and that getting damaged by another lucky shot was a real possibility.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/reviews/wwiireview09005-1 (1216 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Battle of Cape Matapan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Allied forces were centred on the Mediterranean fleet, consisting of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, the modernised World War I battleships HMS Barham, Valiant and Warspite (as flagship).
		A second force, under Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell, consisted of the British light cruisers HMS Ajax, Gloucester and Orion, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, and the British destroyers HMS Hasty, Hereward and Ilex — the Australian Vendetta had returned to Alexandria.
		In addition, Allied warships attached to convoys were available: HMS Defender, Jaguar and Juno waited in the Kithira Channel and HMS Decoy, Carlisle, Calcutta Bonaventure and HMAS Vampire were nearby.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Battle_of_Cape_Matapan (988 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Letters-HMS Jervis Bay: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park: Heritage Resources ...
		The story of Jervis Bay has an Australian twist as she made several trips there before the war carrying immigrants.
		Your pages on HMS Jervis Bay, are quite outstanding, my congratulations, her fight well worth recording for posterity.
		At our Melbourne Missions to Seamen, in their Chapel, is a lovely stained glass window to the memory of that ship and her gallant Captain.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /Letters/HMSJervisBay.html (337 words)

	HMS - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		HMS is a TLA that may stand for:
		The Battlecruiser HMS Hood: An Illustrated Biography, 1916-1941
		HMS Pinafore : or The Lass That Loved a Sailor Vocal Score (Vocal Score)
	www.unipedia.info /HMS.html (171 words)

	If the Gods are Good: The Epic Sacrifice of HMS Jervis Bay (Ralph Segman , Gerald Duskin)
		While I was aware of some of the Jervis Bay story, the authors bring several new parts of it to life.
		The story of the HMS Jervis Bay is the modern day tale of a David verus Goliath-like battle between this convoy escort and the mighty German pocket battleship, Admiral Scheer.
		Because of the bravery and determination of the Jervis Bay's Captain, E.S. Fogarty Fegen, and of her crew, the majority of the convoy that this ship was escorting was able to make it to its final destination, thereby delivering much needed supplies to a war torn Great Britain.
	www.truefresco.com /bookshop/us/product/1591148197.htm (466 words)

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