HMS Jackal (1779) 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 privateerJackall, Chacal, or Boulogne.[1]HMS Prudente recaptured Boullongue on 22 July 1781.[2] She became a privateer.[3]Jackall was captured again in 1782 by USS Deane.