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    HMS Janus, named after the Roman god, was a Javelin or J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited...
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  • name HMS Janus, after Janus, the two-faced God of Roman mythology: HMS Janus (1778) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1778. She was renamed HMS Dromedary...
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    October with HMS Penn, sank the submarine chaser UJ-2109 at Kalymnos. On 23 January 1944 Jervis had her bows blown off while in company with Janus, the other...
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    000 imp gal; 53,000 US gal) of oil. Campbell, p. 57 Mason, Geoffrey B. (2005). "HMS Janus (F.53) - J-class Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 23 June 2015...
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  • HMS Juno was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5...
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    Kimberley took HMS Janus in tow on 9 June after Janus had been disabled in an engagement with several French destroyers. She towed Janus to Haifa, coming...
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    Jackal and Janus engaged the Vichy French destroyers Valmy and Guépard when the French ships attacked Australian ground forces. Both Jackal and Janus were hit...
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    HMS Janus K-class destroyer HMS Khartoum M-class destroyer HMS Marmion HMS Martial HMS Mary Rose HMS Matchless HMS Menace HMS Nessus HMS Nestor HMS Pasley...
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    boats were lost during the war, three mined by the submarine mine-layer HMS Rorqual, three sunk by submarines, seven by aircraft, seven by ships and...
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    N class consisted of 24 destroyers built for the Royal Navy beginning in 1938. They were a return to a smaller vessel, with a heavier torpedo armament...
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    HMS Greyhound was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. Greyhound participated in the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940, the Dunkirk...
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    1940. Retrieved 19 Sep 2008. "The Papers of Admiral Sir Dudley North". Janus. Retrieved 2012-07-10. Kindell, Don. "Wednesday, 18 September". Naval Events...
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    served in several submarines from 1923 to 1938, except for two short spells on the capital ships HMS Tiger and HMS Royal Oak. Much of this period was spent...
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    Squadron, with the destroyers HMS Dainty, Decoy, Defender, Hyperion, Havock, Hero, Hasty, Hereward, Ilex, Imperial, Jervis, Janus, Juno, Nubian, Stuart, HMAS Vampire...
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    Convallaria and SS Gunborg from SC 7 on 18 October and SS Ruperra and SS Janus from HX 79 on 19 October and 20 October respectively. On 25 October U-46...
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    ship HMHS Newfoundland at Salerno as well as the destroyer HMS Janus and the light cruiser HMS Spartan at Anzio, but these ships were hit by Hs 293s, as...
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    Empire Song escorted by the anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Calcutta, destroyers HMS Greyhound, HMS Janus, and HMS Defender. One of Neghelli 's torpedoes struck...
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    Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900–1938), writer. Høgni Reistrup (1984), musician, singer and songwriter. Ingálvur av Reyni (1920–2005), painter. Janus Kamban (1913–2009)...
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    Water during the Falklands War. British destroyer HMS Coventry and British frigates HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope are all sunk by bombs from Argentine light...
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    HMS Jaguar was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Commissioned in September 1939, she was present at the Dunkirk evacuation the following year, during...
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    HMS Decoy was a D-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Ordered in 1931, the ship was constructed by John I. Thornycroft & Company, and entered naval service...
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    intercepted by Commander P. J. Mack's 14th Destroyer Flotilla, comprising HMS Janus, Jervis, Mohawk, Juno and Nubian. The destroyers sank Sabaudia (1,500 tons)...
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  • Later in the month, Suffolk and four destroyers, HMS Kipling (F91), HMS Juno (F46), HMS Janus (F53) and HMS Hereward (H93), were sent to bombard the airfield...
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    HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class...
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    HMS Nubian was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw much distinguished service in World War II. She won 13 battle honours, a record only...
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    HMS Mohawk was one of 16 Tribal-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy shortly before the beginning of Second World War in 1939. Completed in 1938...
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    needed to be towed to Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey by the destroyer HMS Janus. Cooper crawled through the lower levels of the vessel to attend the wounded...
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    destroyer Jervis. For brief period between April and June 1940 he commanded Janus, while Jervis was under repair at the Swan Hunter yard in Newcastle, after...
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  • filming. The others were HMS Danae, HMS Dido, HMS Diomede, HMS Hermione, HMS Juno and HMS Jupiter. The name HMS Hero was chosen as Hero was the lover...
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  • yacht Janus Corporation Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Stealth ship Elliot Carver Elliot Carver's stealth ship and one of his lairs. It was destroyed by HMS Bedford...
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