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HMS Jackal (F22)
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HMS Jackal was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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laid down by John Brown and Company
John Brown & Company
John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a pre-eminent Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm, responsible for building many notable and world-famous ships, such as the , the , the , the , the , and the...
, Limited, at Clydebank
Clydebank
Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton, the town with which it was combined to form West Dunbartonshire, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and...
in Scotland
Scotland
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on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 31 March 1939. Jackal was attacked by enemy German
Germany
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Ju 88 bombers of Lehrgeschwader 1 north-west of Mersa Matruh in Egypt
Egypt
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on 12 May 1942 and severely damaged by Gerhard Brenner
Gerhard Brenner
Gerhard Brenner was a German World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ....
, with the loss of 77 of her crew. She was later scuttled by HMS Jervis.