Jaguar-Class (Type 24)
Last Treaty Boat - Type 24 Ultimate "Big Cats" - 4 ships commissioned 1929: Jaguar (Jaguar), Leopard, Luchs (Lynx), Tiger. Last treaty-restricted destroyers before Nazi rearmament. Type 24 ultimate design. Named after big cats (Type 24 predator naming). Treaty-restricted "torpedo boats" (933 tons, peak treaty circumvention). 933 tons, 3× 10.5cm SK C/28 guns, 6× 533mm torpedoes, 34.5 knots (fastest interwar). Best range of all interwar destroyers (3,400 nm), most powerful turbines (24,000 SHP). Maintained German destroyer expertise until unrestricted construction began 1933-1935. Served entire WWII (1939-1945): Baltic Sea, convoy escort, mine-laying, Norway campaign. Most ships survived war, decommissioned 1945-1946. Ended treaty period (1919-1933) maintaining destroyer capabilities through restrictions.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 2126 t
- Displacement (full)
- 1325 t
- Length
- 416 ft
- Beam
- 36.4 ft
- Crew
- 132
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- 1929
- Decommissioned
- 1945-1946
Performance
- Top speed
- 35.5 kn
- Range
- 3400 nm at 17 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 3× 10.5cm SK C/28
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 6× 533mm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored)
- Deck
- None
- Fire control
- Advanced optical sighting with rangefinder
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 60.47
- Research cost
- 21,285
- Credit cost
- 42,329
Notable
- Last treaty-restricted destroyer (Type 24 ultimate)
- Named after big cats (Jaguar, Leopard, Luchs = Lynx, Tiger)
- 933 tons (peak treaty circumvention)
- Best range of interwar (3,400 nm)
- Fastest interwar (34.5 knots)
- Most powerful interwar turbines (24,000 SHP)
- 4 ships built
- Last before unrestricted rearmament
- Served entire WWII (1939-1945)
- Most survived war
- Decommissioned 1945-1946
- Ended treaty period (1919-1933)