HMS JAVELIN mother of pearl and gold plated wire sweetheart.

HMS JAVELIN mother of pearl and gold plated wire sweetheart, unusual piece.
In May 1940, she involved in Operation Dynamo.

At the end of November 1940 the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, was operating off Plymouth, Javelin was badly damaged by gunfire and torpedoes fired by German destroyers, losing both her bow and her stern. Only 155 feet (47 m) of Javelin's original 353 ft (108 m) length remained afloat and she was towed back to harbour. Javelin was out of action for almost a year. A total of 45 officers and ratings were killed in this action.

She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver a supply convoy to Malta, in June 1942. Javelin along with HMS Kelvin destroyed a flotilla of Italian small ships on the night of 19 January 1943.

Javelin's record was marred on 17 October 1945 whilst off Rhodes by an outbreak of indiscipline (a refusal to work by “Hostilities Only” ratings following resentment over a return to pre-war spit-and-polish): one leading rating was charged with mutiny, and several ratings were subsequently court-martialled, though sentences were reduced as the facts became known.

Code: 65082