FN Jaguar
pending photo
| Navy | The French Navy |
| Type | Large destroyer |
| Class | Chacal |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Arsenal de Lorient (Lorient, France) |
| Laid down | 22 Aug 1922 |
| Launched | 7 Nov 1923 |
| Commissioned | 24 Jul 1926 |
| Lost | 23 May 1940 |
| Loss position | 51.03N, 02.22E |
| History | Jaguar
was
sunk off Dunkerque on 23 May 1940 by torpedo's from German
motor torpedo boats
S 21
and S 23.
19 members of the crew went down with the ship, another 4
were injured and Died of wounds The wreck lies in 8 meters of water in position 51º03'26"N, 02º22'12"E. The commanding officer (Capitaine De Fregate Marcel Jules Adam)survived the sinking. |
