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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ZULU |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1938 |
23/09/1937 |
06/09/1938 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Destroyer
| Steel Steam Turbine |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan |
Linthouse |
552 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 1921 std / / 2559 disp |
377 ft |
36 ft 6 in |
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11 ft 3 in |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
| 2 Steam Turbines driving twin screws 44000shp 36knots. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Royal Navy |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
| Mediterranean Fleet till 1942. |
| Remarks |
| Pennant Nos. F18, G18. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1942 |
Sunk 14/09/1942 |
| Disposal Detail |
Sunk by Italian aircraft off Tobruk when rescuing crew of HMS SIKH which had been hit by shore batteries and was sinking.
ZULU lost 12 crew members. |
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Image courtesy of : Paul Strathdee collection
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