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HMS Jervis
II
Rank
AB
4.3
RB
4.3
Battle rating
Great Britain
Game nation
Destroyer
Main role
1,000
GE
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Status
General information

The HMS Jervis was a J-class destroyer named after Admiral John Jervis. Jervis was laid down on 26th August 1937 and commissioned on 8th May 1939. Unlike other J-class destroyers, Jervis' role was to serve as a flotilla leader for the J-class destroyers forming the 7th Destroyer Flotilla. She was identical to K-class destroyer leader Kelly and N-class destroyer leader Napier. On the second day after war broke out, September 2nd 1939, Jervis managed to capture a blockade runner and two more until the end of 1939. She continued to serve in Home Waters until 1940 when she was sent to the Mediterranean where she served until late 1943. In 1941, she took part in the Battle of Cape Matapan where she torpedoed and sank Italian heavy cruiser Zara with three torpedoes that hit her magazines and caused a fatal explosion. After that, a boarding party from Jervis captured the crippled heavy cruiser Pola, took off the wounded and let HMS Nubian torpedo and sink the heavily damaged ship. She also participated in the Battle of Crete and the First Battle of Sirte. On her way back to Alexandria, she was badly damaged by an Italian human torpedo attack and had to undergo a six-week-long repair. During 1942, Jervis took part in the Second Battle of Sirte. She also supported Allied landings on Sicily, Anzio, and other places in the Mediterranean. She was decommissioned in September 1944 after taking part in the Normandy landings, but was recommissioned in May 1945 and served in the Mediterranean again until May 1946 when she was placed in reserve. She was sold for scrap in 1949. Jervis was awarded 13 battle honours for her service, two other ships that also served with Jervis matched that number, namely HMS Orion and HMS Nubian, with a single ship exceeding it: the flagship of the Mediterranean fleet, HMS Warspite, with 15 to her name.

HMS Jervis was introduced in Update "New Power". Her armament consists of three twin 120 mm Mk. XII turrets on CPXIX mounts with 12 rounds per minute utilizing first-stage ammunition; once that is depleted, the rate of fire drops to still very impressive 10 rounds per minute. Her anti-aircraft weaponry consists of a single quadruple 40 mm QF Mk.IIc autocannon, four twin 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.V autocannons, and two single 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II autocannons. She is also armed with quintuple and quadruple Mk. IX torpedo launchers with 533 mm Mk. IX torpedoes with a base range of 10 km, above-average speed of 76 km/h and one of the heaviest payloads of 587.2 kg TNT equivalent. Jervis suffers from the same issue as many other Royal Navy destroyers, namely very vulnerable magazines above the waterline under the forward turrets that could after a single hit lead to catastrophic magazine detonation. Utilizing manoeuvrability and speed to evade enemy shells is advised.


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Specification
Armour
Main fire tower 3 / 3 / 0 mm
Hull 16 mm (steel)
Superstructure 4 mm (steel)
Number of sections 7
Displacement 2,369 t
Crew 208 persons
Max speed
Forward 69608563 km/h
Backward 25223123 km/h
Primary armament
3 × Turret — 2 × 4.7 inch/45 Mk.XII cannon, CPXIX mounting
Ammunition 1,200 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
6.5 → 5 s
Vertical guidance -10 / 40°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 108.5108.5 °/s
Vertical 108.5108.5 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HE353535353535
SAP11810080696154
HE-TF353535353535
HE-VT353535353535
Secondary armament
4 × 40 mm 2pdr QF Mk.IIc automatic cannon
Ammunition 8,960 rounds
Belt capacity 56 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
7.8 → 6 s
Fire rate 200 shots/min
Vertical guidance -10 / 75°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 1512.81512.8 °/s
Vertical 1512.81512.8 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEF/AP-T/HEF/AP-T605750433834
HEF/HEF/HEF/AP-T605750433834
AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/HEF605750433834
Anti-aircraft armament
4 × Turret — 2 × 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mark V autocannon
Ammunition 14,400 rounds
Belt capacity 60 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate 450 shots/min
Vertical guidance -10 / 85°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 60516051 °/s
Vertical 5042.55042.5 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEF-T/AP-T343226211816
2 × Turret — 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II autocannon
Ammunition 3,600 rounds
Belt capacity 60 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
5.2 → 4 s
Fire rate 450 shots/min
Vertical guidance -5 / 60°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 7563.87563.8 °/s
Vertical 6555.36555.3 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEF-T/AP-T343226211816
Additional armament
Setup 1 9 × 533 mm Mk.IX** torpedo
Economy
Repair cost
AB 1,687 SL
RB 1,570 SL
Crew training 4,800 SL
Experts 32,000 SL
Aces 250 GE
Research Aces 440,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB
2 x (155 / 320) % SL
2 x 124 % RP
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