HMS Jaguar (F34)
- Displacement
- 1,690 long tons (1,717 t)
- Length
- 108.51 m (356 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Complement
- 183
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Jaguar12 September 1939 — 26 March 1942926 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Jaguar
- Pennant / hull number
- F34
- Namesake
- Jaguar
- Builder
- William Denny and Brothers
- Laid down
- 25 November 1937
- Launched
- 22 November 1938
- Commissioned
- 12 September 1939
- Fate
- Sunk, 26 March 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,690 long tons (1,717 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,330 long tons (2,367 t)
- Length
- 108.51 m (356 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 183
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Jaguar was a J-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F34. She was named for Jaguar. Her keel was laid at William Denny and Brothers on 25 November 1937. She entered service on 12 September 1939, having been launched on 22 November 1938.
She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the Tribal-class destroyer and was succeeded by the L and M-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,690 long tons standard and 2,330 long tons at full load. She measured 108.5 m (356 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 183. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 44,000 shp.
She was in commission for 926 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 26 March 1942, at 31°53′N 26°18′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 44000 shp
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Armament
- 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns
- 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns
- 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns
- 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Jaguar (F34) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.