HMS Jackal (1911)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Jackal.
HMS Jackal was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the World War I and was sold for breaking in 1920. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Jackal, after the predatory mammal of the same name.
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Name | Jackal |
Builder | R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn[1] |
Launched | 9 September 1911[2] |
Fate | Sold, 28 September 1920[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Acheron-class destroyer |
Displacement | 990 long tons (1,010 t) |
Length | 246 ft (75 m) |
Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Draught | 8.9 ft (2.7 m) |
Installed power | 13,500 shp (10,100 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Complement | 70 |
Armament |
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