French destroyer Chacal

Chacal before 1940
History
France
Name	Chacal
Namesake	Jackal
Ordered	26 February 1923
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire
Laid down	18 Sep 1923
Launched	27 September 1924
Completed	28 July 1926
Commissioned	1 May 1926
In service	23 December 1926
Fate	Beached, 24 May 1940, near Boulogne-sur-Mer
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Chacal-class destroyer
Displacement	2,126 t (2,092 long tons) (standard) 2,980–3,075 t (2,933–3,026 long tons) (full load)
Length	126.8 m (416 ft 0.1 in)
Beam	11.1 m (36 ft 5.0 in)
Draft	4.1 m (13 ft 5.4 in)
Installed power	50,000 PS (37,000 kW; 49,000 shp) 5 du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew	12 officers, 209 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes; four throwers for 46 depth charges

The French destroyer Chacal was the name ship of her class of destroyers (contre-torpilleur) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron, she spent most of the following decade as a training ship. The ship was assigned convoy escort duties in the Atlantic after the start of World War II in September 1939 until she was committed to the English Channel after the Battle of France began in May 1940. Chacal was crippled by German bombers and artillery on 23/24 May and had to beach herself near Boulogne-sur-Mer.