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Jervis Bay
F.40

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Armed Merchant Cruiser  
Armament 7 x 6 inch guns
Complement 255 men
   
Builder (hull) Vickers-Armstrong (Barrow)
Builder (engine) Vickers-Armstrong (Barrow)
Launched 17.01.1922
Completed 09.1922
  served as Aberdeen & Commonwealth passenger liner, 1922-1939 (sailing on Australia)
Commissioned 15.10.1939
Sunk 05.11.1940 by gunfire from the German armoured cruiser Admiral Scheer, North Atlantic

 

Officers      
Commanding Officer
02.1940 - 05.11.1940
A/Capt. E.S.F. Fegen, RN   missing, presumed killed [awarded VC posthumously]
Executive Officer
27.11.1939 - 09.1940
Cdr. J.A.P. Blackburn, RN (retd) (for gunnery duties)  
 
09.1940 - 05.11.1940
Lt.Cdr. G.E.C. Wood, RN  killed
Others
   
?
06.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
Lt.Cdr. K.M. Morrison, RNR missing, presumed killed
?
11.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
Lt.Cdr. A.W. Driscoll, RNR killed
?
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt.Cdr. G.L. Roe, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  missing, presumed killed
?
06.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
Lt. A.H.W. Bartle, RNR killed
?
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt. W. Hill, RNR  
?
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt. N.E. Wood, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  
?
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt. H.G.B. Moss, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Engineer Officer
31.10.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Cdr. (E) J.H.G. Chappell, RNR missing, presumed killed
Engineer Officer
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt.Cdr. (E) M.A. Leddra, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement] missing, presumed killed
Engineer Officer
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt. (E) J.W.P. Barry, RNR missing, presumed killed
Engineer Officer
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt. (E) D.J.H. Bigg, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  missing, presumed killed
Engineer Officer
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt. (E) W. Newton, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  missing, presumed killed
Engineer Officer
25.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Lt. (E) A.J. Robertson, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Engineer Officer
? - 05.11.1940
T/A/S.Lt. (E) H.M. Pattinson, RNVR died of wounds
Medical Officer
11.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
Sg.Lt.Cdr. T.G. Evans, RNVR missing, presumed killed
Medical Officer
(> 04.)1940 - 1940
Sg.Lt. C.A.St.C. Hiley, RNVR  
Accountant Officer
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Paym.Lt.Cdr. E.W. White, RNR missing, presumed killed
Accountant Officer
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/Paym.Lt. A.W. Stott, RNR missing, presumed killed
Accountant Officer
21.08.1940 - 05.11.1940
T/Paym.S.Lt. J.G. Sargeant, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Engineer Officer
15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
T/S.Lt. (E) R.L. Hall, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement] missing, presumed killed
Engineer Officer
27.11.1939 - (10).1940
T/S.Lt. (E) W.F. Howes, RNR [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Engineer Officer
? - 05.11.1940
T/A/S.Lt. (E) G.F. Byam-Corstiaens, RNVR [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Engineer Officer
? - 05.11.1940
[3rd T/S.Lt. (E) ?] J.H. Currie, [RNR?] [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Gunnery Officer
06.09.1939 - 05.11.1940
Gnr. E.R. Stannard, RN missing, presumed killed
Chief Radio Officer
? - 05.11.1940
First Radio Officer H. Williamson [serving under T.124 agreement] missing, presumed killed
Assistant Radio Officer
? - 05.11.1940
Second Radio Officer R. Shackleton [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Assistant Radio Officer
? - 05.11.1940
Second Radio Officer R.W. Urquhart [serving under T.124 agreement]  
Midshipman
25.10.1939 - 05.11.1940
Midsh. R.F. Owens, RNR killed
Midshipman
25.10.1939 - 05.11.1940
Midsh. R.A.G. Butler, RNR  
Midshipman
08.10.1939 - 05.11.1940
Midsh. C.C.T. Latch, RNR missing, presumed killed
Midshipman
08.10.1939 - 05.11.1940
Midsh. W.E. Thiselton, RNR killed

 

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