HMS Jersey (F72)

	Jersey after pennant change
History
United Kingdom
Name	Jersey
Namesake	Jersey
Builder	J. Samuel White and Company
Laid down	20 September 1937
Launched	26 September 1938
Commissioned	28 April 1939
Identification	Pennant number: F72
Fate	Sunk, 2 May 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	J-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard); 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load);
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	44,000 shp (33,000 kW); 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
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 and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns; 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns; 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns; 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes ; 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers;

HMS Jersey was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

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