HMS Zenith (R95)
Service
- as HMS Zenith22 December 1944 — 1955254 days of the war
- as El Fateh28 August 1956 — 2016
- Name
- HMS Zenith
- Pennant / hull number
- R95
- Builder
- William Denny and Brothers, Dunbarton
- Ordered
- 12 February 1942
- Laid down
- 19 May 1942
- Launched
- 5 June 1944
- Commissioned
- 22 December 1944
- Fate
- Presumed scrapped, 2016 (2016)
- Status
- Scrapped
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
- 114 mm (4.5 in)
HMS Zenith was a Z-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R95. Her keel was laid at William Denny and Brothers, Dunbarton on 19 May 1942. She entered service on 22 December 1944, having been launched on 5 June 1944.
Her class ran to seven ships. The class followed the U and V-class destroyer and was succeeded by the C-class destroyer (1943).
Displacement was 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 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Zenith until 1955. She was in commission for 254 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 2016.
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 х 4.5 in guns
- 5 х 40 mm guns
- 8 х torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Zenith (R95) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Ralston W (of Glasgow) — This photograph FL 9282 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons