HMS Jackal explained

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jackal (or Jackall), after the predatory mammal, the jackal:

• was a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1778 and sold in 1785.
• was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1779. Later in 1779 eighteen Irish men of her crew mutinied and sailed her to Calais where they sold her for £3,000. She became the French privateer Jackall, Chacal, or Boulogne. recaptured Boullongue on 22 July 1781. She became a privateer.^[1] Jackall was captured again in 1782 by .
• was a 10-gun brig. She was a purchased vessel in service in 1792.
• was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1801 and wrecked on the French coast in 1807; crew taken into captivity.
• was an iron paddle gunvessel launched in 1844 and sold in 1887.
• HMS Jackal was a fishery protection vessel purchased in 1885 as . She was renamed HMS Jackal in 1886 and was sold in 1906.
• was an launched in 1911 and sold in 1920.
• was a J-class destroyer launched in 1938 and sunk in 1942.

References

• • Book: Demerliac, Alain. 1996. La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. Nice. Éditions OMEGA.

Notes and References

1. News: The Marine List . Lloyd's List . 1288 . 27 July 1781 . 2027/hvd.32044105233001?urlappend=%3Bseq=133 . 24 October 2021.