french destroyer jaguar french destroyer jaguar class destroyer built french_navy 1920s spent pre world war career flagship destroyer units ship assigned convoy escort duties atlantic start world war september badly damaged collision january months later repairs completed committed english channel began jaguar torpedoed german boats beach wreck written design description class ships designed counter large italian class destroyers overall length meters beam meters draft meters ships displaced metric tons long tons standard metric tons long tons deep load powered geared steam turbines driving propeller shaft steam provided temple boilers turbines designed produce metric horsepower shp propel ship knots mph sea trials jaguar turbines provided metric horsepower shp reached knots mph single hour ships carried metric tons long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph crew consisted officers crewmen peacetime officers enlisted men wartime jaguar unique fitted serve flagship equipped accommodate admiral staff officers main armament class ships consisted canon modèle guns single mounts superfiring pair fore aft superstructure fifth gun aft funnel guns numbered rear anti aircraft armament consisted canon modèle guns single mounts positioned amidships ships carried water triple sets millimeter torpedo tubes pair depth charge built stern housed total kilogram depth charges fitted depth charge throwers carried dozen kilogram depth charges construction career jaguar named eponymous ordered april laid august launched november completed october entered service november completion delayed problems propulsion machinery late deliveries sub contractors formally completed participated baltic cruise visited french west_africa december port visit april spain following month ships escorted president france english channel state visit britain jaguar accompanied light cruiser visited buenos_aires argentina june september ship flagship later redesignated 1st torpedo boat flotilla 1st squadron based toulon months later hosted reviewed fleet july years later ship participated naval review commemorating centenary french landing algeria june depth charge throwers removed years later millimeter guns replaced twin mounts millimeter anti aircraft jaguar flagship 2nd flotilla 2nd squadron brest july completing maneuvers combined brest toulon squadrons including jaguar reviewed naval minister june following year ship participated fleet review new navy minister brest ship relieved flagship september temporarily resumed role march june repair collision war started september jaguar belonged 2nd division sisters october december ship depth charge throwers gun removed depth charge reduced dozen depth charges improve stability assigned convoy escort duties october january guarded convoys traveling french morocco sur night january jaguar accidentally rammed british destroyer collision killed aboard french ship bow penetrated way jaguar ship able reach brest january begin repairs lasted early british type installed march fitted equipment following month beginning 2nd transferred english channel support british forces entering harbor demolition team aboard jaguar struck torpedo fired boat killed men wounded ship beached les sink written
French destroyer Jaguar