total number of j class ships completed.
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col : pennant\nnumber | name | builder | laid down | launched | completed | fate row 1 : f00 | jervis ‡ | hawthorn leslie & company, hebburn | 26 august 1937 | 9 september 1938 | 12 may 1939 | sold for scrap 1949 row 2 : f22 | jackal | john brown & company, clydebank | 24 september 1937 | 25 october 1938 | 31 march 1939 | bombed off mersa matruh on 11 may 1942 and row 3 : f34 | jaguar | william denny & brothers, dumbarton | 25 november 1937 | 22 november 1938 | 12 september 1939 | torpedoed by german u-boat u.652 off row 4 : f46 | juno\n(ex-jamaica) | fairfield shipbuilding & engineering company, govan | 15 october 1937 | 8 december 1938 | 25 august 1939 | bombed and sunk south of crete, 21 may 1941 row 5 : f53 | janus | swan hunter & wigham richardson, wallsend | 29 september 1937 | 11 october 1938 | 5 august 1939 | torpedoed and sunk off anzio by german row 6 : f61 | javelin\n(ex-kashmir) | john brown | 11 october 1937 | 21 december 1938 | 10 june 1939 | sold for scrap 1949 row 7 : f72 | jersey | j. samuel white, cowes | 1937 | 26 september 1938 | 28 april 1939 | mined off valletta 2 may 1941, broke in two and s row 8 : f85 | jupiter | yarrow & company, scotstoun | 28 september 1937 | 27 october 1938 | 25 june 1939 | hit a dutch mine during the battle of the java sea 27 february 1942 row 9 : - | jubilant | - | - | - | - | ordered march 1937, cancelled december 1937
total number of j class ships completed.
Pennant\nnumber Name Builder Laid down Launched Completed Fate
F00 Jervis ‡ Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn 26 August 1937 9 September 1938 12 May 1939 Sold for scrap 1949
F22 Jackal John Brown & Company, Clydebank 24 September 1937 25 October 1938 31 March 1939 Bombed off Mersa Matruh on 11 May 1942 and scuttled by Jervis following day
F34 Jaguar William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton 25 November 1937 22 November 1938 12 September 1939 Torpedoed by German U-boat U.652 off Sollum, 26 March 1942
F46 Juno\n(ex-Jamaica) Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan 15 October 1937 8 December 1938 25 August 1939 Bombed and sunk south of Crete, 21 May 1941
F53 Janus Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend 29 September 1937 11 October 1938 5 August 1939 Torpedoed and sunk off Anzio by German aircraft, 23 January 1944
F61 Javelin\n(ex-Kashmir) John Brown 11 October 1937 21 December 1938 10 June 1939 Sold for scrap 1949
F72 Jersey J. Samuel White, Cowes 1937 26 September 1938 28 April 1939 Mined off Valletta 2 May 1941, broke in two and sank 2 days later
F85 Jupiter Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun 28 September 1937 27 October 1938 25 June 1939 Hit a Dutch mine during the battle of the Java Sea 27 February 1942 and sank the following day
- Jubilant - - - - Ordered March 1937, cancelled December 1937
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