HMS Jackal (F22)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Jackal.
_IWM_FL_009784.jpg) HMS Jackal in May 1939 |
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 24 September 1937 |
| Launched: | 25 October 1938 |
| Commissioned: | 13 April 1939 |
| Fate: | Damaged by the Luftwaffe's Lehrgeschwader 1 and scuttled at 36°30′N 26°30′E / 36.5°N 26.5°E |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1690 tons |
| Armament: | |
| Notes: | Pennant number F22 |
HMS Jackal was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 31 March 1939. Jackal was attacked by enemy German Ju 88 bombers of Lehrgeschwader 1 north-west of Mersa Matruh in Egypt on 12 May 1942 and severely damaged by Gerhard Brenner,[1] with the loss of 77 of her crew. She was later scuttled by HMS Jervis.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Schumann 2007, p. 35.
[edit] References
- Schumann, Ralf (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 des LG 1 (in German). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-86619-013-9.
- Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.
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Coordinates: 32°38′N 26°20′E / 32.633°N 26.333°E
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