HMS Jaguar (F34)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Jaguar.
HMS Jaguar was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Commissioned in September 1939, she was present at the Dunkirk evacuation the following year, during which Jaguar was damaged by dive bombers. She later served in the Mediterranean and was involved in several actions there. She was torpedoed off the coast of Egypt on 26 March 1942 and sunk.
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Name | Jaguar |
Namesake | Jaguar |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers |
Laid down | 25 November 1937 |
Launched | 22 November 1938 |
Commissioned | 12 September 1939 |
Identification | Pennant number: F34 |
Fate | Sunk by German submarine U-652, 26 March 1942 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | J-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 9 in (10.90 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 183 (218 for flotilla leaders) |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
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