HMS Jackal

HMS Jackal (F-22) was a J class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 31 March 1939. HMS Jackal was attacked by enemy German Ju-88 bombers north-west of Mersa Matruh in Egypt on 12 May 1942 and severely damaged, and sunk by HMS Jervis.