British destroyer HMS Jersey survived German torpedo attack on 7 December 1939

An item reported that the British destroyer HMS Jersey (1) was torpedoed at 2 a.m. 7 December while on patrol with the British destroyer HMS Jackal (2) around 50 miles east of the Humber. She was hit after and her torpedo tubes were blown overboard but her crew managed to extinguish the fir which broke out on the aft ship. The British destroyer HMS Juno (3) towed her to the Humber arriving at 5 p.m. The Juno and Jackal attacked the German submarine with unknown results.(4) As far as was known were 2 officers and 8 ratings killened and another 40 ratings wounded.

Notes

1. Part of J-class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes.

F72. Ordered on 25 May 1937. Laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Wight on 20 September 1937, launched on 26 September 1938, commissioned on 28 April 1939 and strike an Italian aircraft-dropped mine off Malta and sunk on 2 May 1941.

2. Part of J-class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes. F22. Ordered on 25 May 1937, laid down by John Brown&Company, Clydebank, Scotland on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938, commisioned on 13 April 1939, damaged in a German air attack on 11 May and scuttled on 12 May 1941. She left Alexandria, Egypt on 10 May to search for an Italian convoy underway from Italy towards Benghazi, Italian Libya.

3.Part of J-class preceded by Tribal-class succeeded by L- and M-classes. F46. Ordered on 25 May 1937, laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Govan, Scotland on 5 October 1937, launched on 8 December 1938, commissioned on 25 August 1939 and sunk during an Italian air attack south east of Crete, Greece on 21 May 1941.

4. The Jersey was off Haisborough Sands not attacked by a submarine but by the German destroyer Z12 Erich Giese which had been busy with mine laying. Type 1934A-class preceded by Type 1934-class succeeded by Type 1936-class. Ordered on 9 January 1935, laid down by Germania, Kiel, Germany with yard number G538 on 3 May 1935, launched on 12 March 1937, completed on 4 March 1939 and sunk by British destroyers in the Second Battle of Narvik, Norway on 13 April 1940.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-4-1 Weekly Résumé (No. 14) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon 30 November to 12 noon 7 December 1939.