HMS Jackal (F22)
Service
- as Jackal13 April 1939 — in service2,193 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Jackal
- Pennant / hull number
- F22
- 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
- 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 Jackal was a J-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F22. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company, Clydebank on 24 September 1937. She entered service on 13 April 1939, having been launched on 25 October 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.
She displaced 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 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled, at 36°30′N 26°30′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 Jackal (F22) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 9784 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons