HMS Janus (F53)
Janus on sea trials in 1939 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Janus |
| Namesake | Roman god Janus |
| Ordered | 25 March 1937 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 29 September 1937 |
| Launched | 10 November 1938 |
| Commissioned | 5 August 1939 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F53 |
| Fate | Sunk by a Fritz X bomb, 23 January 1944 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | J-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| 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 |
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| 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 & processing systems | ASDIC |
| Armament |
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HMS Janus, named after the Roman god, was a Javelin or J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne as part of the 1936 Build Programme and laid down on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939.