HNLMS JAGUAR F 822 ex PCE 1609

F 822   JAGUAR   Gent   05 1983                                     G.GYSSELS

F 822   JAGUAR
FLAG : NETHERLANDS
TYPE : US PCE - TYPE  ( Patrol Craft Escort )
LAID DOWN : 10 December 1952  ( as USS  PCE 1609 )
LAUNCHED  : 20 March 1954  ( as USS  PCE 1609 )
COMMISSIONED : 11 June 1954  ( as HNLMS F 822 JAGUAR )
DECOMMISSIONED : 22 December 1983

Decommissioned on 22 December 1983 and stricken from the Naval Register on 01 January 1985. Sold for scrap together with 3 sisterships, on 30 June 1987, to Firma HEUVELMAN B.V. at Veenendaal  NETHERLANDS.

F 822   JAGUAR  &  F 820   VOS   towed to the scrapyard   1987                       ( Original  b & w negative in collection )