HMS Jaguar (F34)

HMS Jaguar (F34)

HMS "Jaguar" (F34) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939. "Jaguar" participated in Operation Abstention in February and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. "Jaguar" was struck by two torpedoes fired by the enemy German submarine "U-652" and sank off Sidi Barrani in Egypt on 26 March 1942 with the loss of 190 of her crew.

Richard Wafer (Rich) of Guileen, Co. Cork was reported by survivors swimming away from the sinking ship only to return to rescue his commrades but drowned during the Attempt.

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