HMS Zealous (R39)
Service
- as HMS Zealous9 October 1944 — 15 July 1955328 days of the war
- as INS EilatJuly 1956 — 21 October 1967
- Name
- HMS Zealous
- Pennant / hull number
- R39
- Builder
- Cammell Laird
- Ordered
- 12 February 1942
- Laid down
- 5 May 1943
- Launched
- 28 February 1944
- Commissioned
- 9 October 1944
- Fate
- Sunk by Egypt on 21 October 1967 (1967)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
- Length
- 110.55 m (362.7 ft)
- Beam
- 10.88 m (35.7 ft)
- Speed
- 37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
- Complement
- 186
- Main gun
- 113 mm (4.4 in)
HMS Zealous was a Z-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R39. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird on 5 May 1943. She entered service on 9 October 1944, having been launched on 28 February 1944.
Seven ships of the class were built. The class followed the U and V-class destroyer and was succeeded by the C-class destroyer (1943).
She displaced 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.5 m (363 ft) long with a beam of 10.9 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 186. Her main battery was of 113 mm (4.4 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Zealous until 15 July 1955. She was in commission for 328 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 21 October 1967. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Geared turbines
- two shafts
- 40000 hp
- Armament
- 4 × QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) guns
- 5 × Bofors 40 mm guns
- 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Zealous (R39) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer, Cooksey D W (Sub Lt) — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//31/media-31069/large.jpg This photograph A 27537 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons