HMS Jaguar (F34)
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Jaguar dropping depth charges, 1940 |
| Career (UK) |
 |
| Name: |
HMS Jaguar (F34) |
| Builder: |
William Denny, Brothers and Company |
| Laid down: |
25 November 1937 |
| Launched: |
22 November 1938 |
| Commissioned: |
12 September 1939 |
| Fate: |
Torpedoed by U-652 26 March 1942 |
| Status: |
Sunk |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
J-class destroyer |
HMS Jaguar (F34) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939. Jaguar participated in Operation Abstention in February 1941, where she engaged the Italian destroyer Crispi off Kastelorizo without consequences and the Battle of Cape Matapan next March. Jaguar was struck by two torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-652 and sank off Sidi Barrani in Egypt on 26 March 1942 with the loss of 190 of her crew. Coordinates: 31°53′N 26°18′E / 31.883°N 26.3°E / 31.883; 26.3
[edit] References
- Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.
