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HMS Jaguar (F 34)

Destroyer of the J class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassJ 
PennantF 34 
Built byWilliam Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Mar, 1937 
Laid down25 Nov, 1937 
Launched22 Nov, 1938 
Commissioned12 Sep, 1939 
Lost26 Mar, 1942 
Loss position31.53N, 26.18E (See a map)
 
HistoryHMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. Lionel Rupert Knyvet Tyrwhitt, DSO, DSC, RN) was hit by two torpedoes from the German submarine U-652. The ship caught fire and sank in a short time north-east of Sidi Barrani, Egypt in position 31º53'N, 26º18'E. Three officers and 190 ratings were lost. Eight officers and 45 ratings were picked up by the armed whaler HMS Klo and taken to Tobruk.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Franklin William Hine, RN
1 August 1939 - 1 December 1941+

Lt. Donald Terry McBarnet, DSC, RN
1 December 1941 - December 1941

Lt.Cdr. Lionel Rupert Knyvet Tyrwhitt, DSC, RN
December 1941 - 26 March 1942
DSO awarded on 20 December 1941 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 26 Mar, 1942 by U-652 (Fraatz).


Noteable events involving Jaguar include:

29 May, 1940
During Operation Dynamo (the evacuation of Dunkirk) HMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. J.F.W. Hine, RN) was bombed and damaged by German aircraft. Repairs were completed in mid-June.

11 Oct, 1940
The battleship HMS Revenge sails from Plymouth with the destroyers HMS Javelin, HMS Jupiter, HMS Kelvin, HMS Kipling, HMS Jackal, HMS Jaguar and HMS Kashmir to shell the French port of Cherbourg.

20 Oct, 1940
The British destroyers HMS Kashmir (Cdr. H.A. King, RN), HMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. J.F.W. Hine RN), HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) and the Polish destroyer Blyskawica (Cdr. W. Franki, ORP) conducted a patrol in the English Channel. They detected four German destroyers. The enemy ships turned back to their base. The allied pursuit was unsuccessfull.


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