tjstoneman wrote:
According to Christopher Langtree The Kelly's (London: Chatham Publishing, 2002), JERVIS repainted at some time in December 1941 from a disruptive scheme (AP507A and AP507C) with a black stern section to a dark hull/light upperworks (AP507A/AP507C) with black bow and stern sections. She wore a black leader's band at the top of her funnel, with 14DF bands (red over black) below this. Her armament and electronics fit were largely unchanged from that depicted in the KELLY kit, although, like several other destroyers in the Mediterranean, she may have carried some captured Italian Breda AA guns. In early November 1941, two single 20mm Oerlikons were fitted on "X" gundeck. She had been fitted with splinter shields on the deck-edge, outboard of each of her 4.7" mountings
Thank you very much!
I just ordered the Kelly's book from the local library, would be available next week!
The most interesting question here is then - when was it repainted exactly
Pre-Sirte, or in course of repairs afterwards? She went to the dock after taking damage in the midget raid on Alexandria, and that's where I would think it is most likely... The exact look of her disruptive scheme would have been very interesting....
The splinter shields - you mean the ones around the gun mounts, or the ones on the main deck level?
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