Jervis

In the mid-1930s, the British Navy needed destroyers that could rival foreign ships of the same type. The new class received two 120 mm twin-gun dual-purpose mounts at the bow end and one at the stern, two boiler rooms, and one funnel. It was the first time that longitudinal frames for the hull, which made it more rigid, were implemented. HMS Jervis participated in the battles at Cape Matapan, Crete, and Sirte. In 1941, she was damaged by Italian submarine saboteurs. The ship took part in operations in the Apennine peninsula and Yugoslavia, as well as in the famous Normandy landings.