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HMS Jaguar (F34)
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HMS Jaguar (F34)

HMS Jaguar (F-34) was a J class destroyer laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939. Jaguar participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. HMS Jaguar was struck by two torpedoes fired by the enemy German submarine U-652 and sank off Sidi Barrani in Egypt on 26 March 1942 with the loss of 190 of her crew.