The original programme called for seventeen J and K destroyers, with nine Js and eight Ks. Cancelling HMS Jubilant reduced that total to sixteen. She was ordered in March 1937 and was due to be laid down that December, when the cancellation occurred. Accounts disagree over whether construction had already begun. Official explanations exist, but private notes have led some researchers to question them and no alternative cause is established here.
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HMS Jubilant's disputed cancellation
Cancelling Jubilant reduced the planned J and K programme to sixteen ships, but the reason and construction status remain disputed.