History

JUPITER, the Roman name given to the Chief of the Olympian Gods, was worshipped as the God of rain, thunder and lightening. This is shown on the Ship’s Crest, which depicts the large white cloud on a black background showing five golden thunderbolts.

HMS Jupiter F60

Leander Class Frigate
Builder: Yarrow & Co. Scotstoun, Glasgow
Laid down 3.10.1966.
Launched 4.9.1967
Commissioned 9.8.1969
Paid Off 1992 Sold to Samsung (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Jan 1998 – Towed by Joseph Brown –(ex RMAS Rollicker) to India (with HMS Hermoine) for breaking up.
Arrived Bombay 3rd May 1998
History:
Replaced Phoebe as the warship HMS Hero in the television series ‘Warship’ and adopted Phoebe’s pennant number for continuity.
1970 - Trinidad troubles
1971 - Nato Standing Naval Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk Virginia, USA
1972 - Completion of Refit
1972 - St. Lucia troubles
1972 - 1973 – Captain was ‘Jock’ Slater (Admiral Sir Jock Slater GCB LVO ADC)
1973 –1974 Far East. HRH the Prince of Wales served on board
1975 – 13th May – Adopted/twinned with Middlesbrough
1976 – 1979 Captain F 7th Frigate Squadron
1977 – Fleet Review Spithead
1977 –1979 – Captain was Geoffrey Dalton (Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Dalton KCB)
1979 – Sept- Nov - Belize Patrol
1979 – Long Refit (Plymouth)
1983 – Completed Long Refit (Interrupted by Falklands War)
1984 –1985 – Captain was Commander Colin Hamilton
1984 - June 13th – Jupiter ‘bumped’ into London Bridge
1985 – 1986 – Captain was Commander Bridges
1985-1986 – Armilla Patrol (Persian Gulf)
1986 - South Yemen evacuation of British Nationals with Royal Yacht Britannia
1991 – January 24th UFO shot down by American & British Warships (Jupiter & Battleaxe) in Persian Gulf. (Reported on www.totse.com)
1991 (Oct)-1992 (Feb) – South Atlantic
1992 (26 March) arrived back in UK
1992 – 24-28 April – Last visit to Middlesbrough our Adopted town
1992 (30 June) decommissioned and placed on disposal List

 

HMS Jupiter F85

Built by: Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. Scotstoun,
Laid Down: 20 Sept 1937
Launched: 27 Oct 1938
Commissioned: 16 June 1939
Sunk: 27th February 1942
Armament: Six 4.7 inch, 45 calibre QF MKX11 in pairs, plus four 2 pdr pompom, and ten 21 inch Torpedo Tubes in two sets of five.
Displacement: 1690 tons as designed but actually 2330-2380 tons during WW11, and later at deep load 2550 tons
Speed: 36 knots
Complement: 183-218
Battle Honours: Mediterranean 1941 and Malaya 1942
History:
1939 – North Sea
1940 April 19th – Norway
1940 Oct 11th – bombardment of Cherbourg (Operation Medium)
Oct 17th – Skirmish off Scillies Isles
1940 Nov 24th – First raid off Plymouth
1940 Nov 17th – Second raid off Plymouth
1941 Feb 6th – Bombardment of Genoa
1941 May 23rd – Hunt the Bismarck
1941 Nov 28th – Sea reinforcement for Singapore
1942 Jan 2nd – Convoy BM 9A- Singapore/Malaysia
1942 Jan 10th – Convoy DM1
1942 Jan 17th – Sank I-60 Japanese Sub. Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies.
1942 Feb 2nd – Convoy DM2 – Singapore/Malaysia
1942 Feb 16th/17th – assisted in the evacuation of Oosthaven, Sumatra
1942 Feb 27th (2116hrs) – Hit by a mine and sunk by mine hollandaise. Battle of Java Sea – Captain Lt. Commander N Thew

 

HMS Jupiter

Majestic Class Battleship
Built by: J Brown, Clydebank
Laid Down: 1894
Launched: 1895
Commissioned: 1897
Battle Honour: 1915-16 BELGIUM COAST
Sold for Scrap: 1919
Armament; four 12 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, sixteen 12 pdr guns, twelve 3 pdr guns, 2 maxims, 2 x 2 pdr boat guns and five torpedo tubes.
Displacement: 14,900 tons
Speed: 16.5-17.5 knots
Engines: Water Tube Boilers – 2 x vertical triple expansion
Power output: 12000ihp
Shafts: 2
Fuel: 2000 tons coal
Complement: 670-757

Brief History: HMS Jupiter joined the Commissioned Reserve at Portsmouth in August 1905 and became part of the Home Fleet in 1908. In 1909-1910 she was refitted with fire control and became gunnery TS at the Nore. She became part of the 3rd Fleet at Pembroke and Devonport in January 1913. At the outbreak of World War One she joined the 7th Battle Squadron as guard ship for the Humber. In 1915 HMS Jupiter was sent to Archangel as an ice breaker, and became the first ship to arrive there so early in the year in February. Returning to the Channel Fleet in 1915, she then served in the East Indies and Egypt before becoming an accommodation ship in 1918.

HMS Jupiter

Sailing Ship (50 Guns) 4th Rate
Launched: 22/11/1813 in Plymouth
Builders Measure: 1173
1837: Became a Troop Ship
1841-42 First China War Battle Honour CHINA
1846: Became a Coal Hulk
1870: Sold

HMS Jupiter

Sailing Ship 5th Rate launched as HMS Forth in 1856
1869 HMS Forth was converted to screw and became HMS Jupiter
1883: Sold

HMS Jupiter

Sailing Ship (50 Guns)
Built: 1778, Rotherhithe
1781: Battle of Porto Praya, Cape Verde Islands,
1795: Battle Honour CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Wrecked: 10 December 1808 in Vigo Bay Spain, all the crew were saved