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{{Short description|British H-class destroyer}}
{{other ships|HMS Havant}}
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|Ship country=Brazil
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Brazil|1889}}
|Ship name=''Javary''
|Ship ordered=8 December 1937
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|Ship builder=[[J. Samuel White]], [[Cowes]]
|Ship laid down=30 March 1938
|Ship launched=17 July 1939
|Ship fate=Purchased by the United Kingdom, 5 September 1939
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
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|Ship name=HMS ''Havant''
|Ship acquired=5 September 1939
|Ship commissioned=19 December 1939
|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]] H32
|Ship fate=[[Scuttled]], 1 June 1940
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|Header caption=as built
|Ship class=[[G and H-class destroyer|Brazilian H-class]] [[destroyer]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1350|LT|t}} ([[Standard displacement|standard]])
*{{convert|1883|LT|t}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|323|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|12|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship power={{convert|34000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 shafts
*[[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] geared [[steam turbine]]s
*3 Admiralty [[water-tube boiler]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|5530|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship complement=145
|Ship sensors=[[ASDIC]]
|Ship armament=*3 × 1 – [[4.7 inch QF Mark IX|QF 4.7-inch (120&nbsp;mm) Mk IX guns]]
*2 × 4 – [[Vickers .50 machine gun|.50 cal machine gun]]s
*2 × 4 – [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tubes]]
*110 × [[depth charge]]s, 3 rails and 8 throwers
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'''HMS ''Havant''''' was an [[G and H-class destroyer|H-class]] [[destroyer]] originally ordered by the [[Brazilian Navy]] with the name ''Javary'' in the late 1930s, but was bought by the [[Royal Navy]] after the beginning of [[World War II]] in September 1939. The ship was initially assigned to escort duties in the [[Western Approaches]], but was transferred to the [[Home Fleet]] when the [[Norwegian Campaign]] began in April 1940. She was only peripherally involved in the campaign as she escorted ships carrying troops that occupied [[Iceland]] and the [[Faeroe Islands]] as well as convoys to [[Narvik]]. ''Havant'' was [[Dunkirk evacuation|evacuating troops from Dunkirk]] when she was badly damaged by [[Junkers Ju 87]] Stuka [[dive bomber]]s on 1 June and had to be [[scuttled]].

==Description==
''Havant'' displaced {{convert|1350|LT|t}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] load and {{convert|1883|LT|t}} at [[deep load]]. The ship had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|323|ft|m|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|33|ft|m|1}} and a [[draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|12|ft|5|in|m|1}}. She was powered by [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, driving two shafts, which developed a total of {{convert|34000|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}. Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum [[water-tube boiler]]s. ''Havant'' carried a maximum of {{convert|470|LT|t}} of fuel oil that gave her a range of {{convert|5530|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. The ship's complement was 145 officers and men.<ref name=w78>Whitley, p. 109</ref>

The ship was designed for four 45-[[caliber (artillery)|calibre]] [[4.7 inch QF Mark XII|4.7-inch Mk IX guns]] in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear, but 'Y' gun was removed to compensate for the additional depth charges added. For [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] (AA) defence, ''Havant'' had two quadruple Mark I mounts for the [[Vickers .50 machine gun|0.5&nbsp;inch Vickers Mark III]] machine gun. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple [[torpedo tube]] mounts for [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}}]] torpedoes.<ref name=w78/> One [[depth charge]] rail and two throwers were originally fitted, but this was increased to 3 sets of rails and eight throwers while [[fitting-out]]. The ship's load of depth charges was increased from 20 to 110 as well.<ref>English, p. 141</ref><ref>Friedman, p. 226</ref>

==Service==

{{other ships|Brazilian ship Javary}}

''Javary'' was ordered by Brazil on 8 December 1937 from [[J. Samuel White]], [[Cowes]]. The ship was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 30 March 1938 and [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 17 July 1939. She was purchased by the British on 5 September and renamed HMS ''Havant''. The ship was commissioned on 19 December and arrived at [[Portland Harbour]] on 8 January 1940 to begin [[Glossary of nautical terms (M-Z)#W|working up]]. She made one unsuccessful anti-submarine sweep 4–9 February with the destroyers {{HMS|Ardent|H41|2}} and {{HMS|Whitshed|D77|2}} after she was assigned to the [[9th Destroyer Flotilla]] of the [[Western Approaches Command]] at [[Plymouth]]. ''Havant'' had [[degaussing]] equipment fitted and minor repairs were made through March.<ref>English, pp. 127, 129</ref>

The ship was en route to [[Greenock]] to escort a [[convoy]] to [[Gibraltar]] on 7 April when she was transferred to the [[Home Fleet]] as a result of the impending [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion of Norway]]. Along with her [[sister ship|sister]] {{HMS|Hesperus|H57|2}}, ''Havant'' escorted the [[heavy cruiser]] {{HMS|Suffolk|55|2}} on 13 April as the latter ship carried a detachment of [[Royal Marine]]s to [[British occupation of the Faroe Islands|occupy the Faeroe Islands]]. The ship then escorted convoys to Narvik until 7 May. A week later she escorted the ocean liners {{RMS|Lancastria||2}} and {{RMS|Franconia|1922|2}} as they carried troops to occupy Iceland.<ref name=e9>English, p. 129</ref>

''Havant'' joined the Dunkirk evacuation on 29 May and rescued over 2,300 men by 1 June. That morning she had embarked 500 troops and then went alongside the destroyer {{HMS|Ivanhoe|D16|2}}, which had been disabled by German dive bombers earlier that morning. The ship loaded all of the troops and wounded from ''Ivanhoe'' and sailed for Dover under heavy air attack.<ref name=e9/> Shortly afterwards, Stukas hit ''Havant''<ref>Dildy, p. 74</ref> with two bombs in her engine room and another exploded beneath her hull. Eight crewmen were killed and 25 were wounded in the attack. At least 25 soldiers were also killed. She was severely damaged and had to be [[scuttling|scuttled]] by the [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] {{HMS|Saltash|J62|6}} after an attempt to tow her failed.<ref name=e9/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Dildy|first=Douglas C.|title=Dunkirk 1940: Operation Dynamo|publisher=Osprey Publishing|location=Oxford, England|year=2010|series=Campaign|volume=219|isbn=978-1-84603-457-2}}
* {{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, England|isbn=0-905617-64-9}}
* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2009|isbn=978-1-59114-081-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
* {{cite book|last=Winser|first=John de D.|title=B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent|year=1999|isbn=0-905617-91-6}}

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