The Jaguar was a German destroyer (Torpedoboot) of the 1924 Project, also known as the "Animal" series. The 1924 project was a further development of the 1923 project, under which six ships of the first "bird" series were built. However, the ships of these two series were so similar that some historians consider them to be part of the same project. The Jaguar was laid down on May 4, 1927, at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, alongside its sister ship, the Leopard. The ship was launched on March 15, 1928, and entered service on August 15, 1929.

In 1931, Jaguar underwent modernization alongside the other destroyers of the "bird" and "animal" series. It received modern 533-mm torpedo tubes and new 105-mm guns. Originally, 128 mm guns were planned for the "Animal" series and had even been tested on the Luchs and Leopard. However, the British ambassador protested, and since Germany was still adhering to the Versailles restrictions at the time, they had to settle for 105 mm SK C/32 guns.

The ship subsequently made several voyages to the coast of Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Until the start of World War II, the ship mainly performed patrol duties in the North Sea. During the Norwegian campaign, it covered the actions of large ships against submarines and periodically went out on patrol. It mainly served as an escort destroyer for large ships during the war, accompanying convoys in the North Sea and later escorting convoys from the Bay of Biscay to Japan. From June 21 to 23, 1940, it escorted the damaged battleship Scharnhorst from Norway to Kiel. On the night of June 15, 1944, the Jaguar was sunk by several heavy bombs during a raid by British bombers on the port of Le Havre in France, where it was based at the time.

The Jaguar was introduced as one of the rewards for the 2019 Operation F.R.O.S.T. event and is presented in its 1941 modification. This early destroyer has few and weak main guns, a weak anti-aircraft battery, and mediocre mobility.