HMS Jackal (1911)

	HMS Jackal in pre-war black paint, with funnel bands
History
United Kingdom
Name	Jackal
Builder	R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn
Launched	9 September 1911
Fate	Sold, 28 September 1920
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	3 × Parsons steam turbines; 3 × Yarrow boilers; 3 × shafts;
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns; 2 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval guns; 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

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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