Jaguar (ship, 1923)

**jaguar**
	Identical Chacal
Ship data
flag	France
Ship type	Large Destroyer
class	Chacal class
Shipyard	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Keel laying	August 22, 1922
Launch	November 7, 1923
Commissioning	July 24, 1926
Whereabouts	Sunk on May 23, 1940 by German torpedo boats.
Ship dimensions and crew
length	127 m ( Lüa )
width	11.2 m
Draft	Max. 3.65 m
displacement	Standard : 2,126 ts; maximum: 3,098 ts
crew	204 men
Machine system
machine	5 steam boilers; 2 × steam turbines
Machine ; performance	55,000 PS (40,452 kW)
Top ; speed	35.5 kn (66 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	5 × Sk 13.0 cm L / 40 Model 1919 (5 × 1); 2 × Flak 7.5 cm Model 1924 (2 × 1); 4 × MG 13.2 mm / 76 Hotchkiss M1929 (2 × 2); 6 × torpedo tube ⌀ 55.0 cm (2 × 3); 44 depth charges , ; 6 launchers, 3 drop racks;

The Jaguar (German: Jaguar ) was a large destroyer of the Chacal class for the French Navy . The ship was sunk on May 23, 1940 by German torpedo speedboats .

Machine system

The drive system of the Jaguar consisted of five steam boilers and two steam turbines . These drove the two screws via two drive shafts. The machines performed 55,000 WPS . This enabled a speed of 35.5 kn (about 66 km / h) to be achieved.

Armament

The main artillery of the Jaguar consisted of five cannons 13.0 cm L / 40 Model 1919 in single installation. This cannon could fire a 34.85 kilogram grenade over a maximum distance of 18,900 m.

As anti-aircraft armament, the Jaguar had four 7.5 cm anti-aircraft guns of the 1924 model in individual installation when it was commissioned. These were located on the left and right amidships. Since the Chacal class was top-heavy , in 1932 both guns were exchanged for machine guns 13.2 mm / 76 Hotchkiss M1929 . These were mounted in two twin mounts.

As a torpedo armament, the Jaguar had six torpedo tubes in two groups of three for the torpedo Mle 1919D. In addition, the ship had two water bombers at the tail for 20 Guiraud-Mle-1922-200 kg depth charges and amidships left and right two each depth charge launchers for 12-Guiraud Mle-1922-100 kg depth charges. The launchers on the left and right were removed in 1932 due to their unfavorable positioning. The space was supposed to be used for Ginocchio towed torpedoes. The project was discontinued in 1938.

Whereabouts

The Jaguar was assigned to the 2nd Great Destroyer Division (French: 2ème division de contre-torpeilleurs) (DCT) in May 1940. On May 23, 1940 she wanted to bring demolition squads to Dunkirk . When entering the port, the Jaguar was hit by a torpedo from either the S-21 or S-23 torpedo speedboat . The explosion killed 13 crew members and injured 23, some seriously. To prevent the ship from sinking, the commander Marcel Jules Adam let the Jaguar run aground near Malo-les-Bains on the beach. The Jaguar was written off as a total loss. The wreck lies in eight meters deep at position 51 ° 3 '26 " N , 2 ° 22' 12" O . 51.057222222222 2.37

literature

Jean Moulin: Les contre-torpilleurs type Guépard 1928–1942 . Marines Éditions 2010, ISBN 2-357-43049-4 .
Mike J. Whitley: Destroyer in World War II. Technology, classes, types . Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 .
John Jordan, Jean Moulin: French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956 . Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4 .

Web links

Commons : Chacal class - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Information about the Jaguar at uboat.net (English).

Footnotes

↑ 130 mm / 40 (5.1 ") Model 1919 gun data on navweaps.com. Accessed October 22, 2019. (English)
↑ French torpedoes torpedo data on navweaps.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

[1] 130 mm / 40 (5.1 ") Model 1919 gun data on navweaps.com. Accessed October 22, 2019. (English)

[2] French torpedoes torpedo data on navweaps.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.