| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | J |
| Pennant | F 61 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 25 Mar, 1937 |
| Laid down | 11 Oct, 1937 |
| Launched | 21 Dec, 1938 |
| Commissioned | 10 Jun, 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 11 June 1949 and scrapped at Troon, Scotland.
The ships bell belonging to HMS Javelin is presently hung at the Royal Canadian Legion Building Branch 29 in Burin, Newfoundland, Canada. Commanding Officers: HMS Javelin was in Dockyard Control during repairs Lt.Cdr. Hugh Crofton Simms, RN Lt.Cdr. William Frank Niemann Gregory-Smith, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN Lt.Cdr. John Melvill Alliston, DSC, RN HMS Javelin was in Dockyard Control during refit Lt.Cdr. Peter Barthrop North Lewis, DSC, RN HMS Javelin was in Dockyard Control during repairs Lt.Cdr. J.B. Marjoribanks, RN |
| Former name | HMS Kashmir |
| Noteable events involving Javelin include: 21 Apr, 1940 28 May, 1940 11 Oct, 1940 29 Nov, 1940 5 May, 1942 12 Aug, 1942 12 Sep, 1942 15 Jan, 1943 19 Jan, 1943 20 Jan, 1943 22 Jan, 1943 1 May, 1943 |

