HMS Zetland (L59)
Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Service
- as HMS Zetland27 June 1942 — 19521,163 days of the war
- as HNoMS Tromsø1952 — 1965
- Name
- HMS Zetland
- Pennant / hull number
- L59
- Namesake
- Zetland Hunt
- Builder
- Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
- Ordered
- 20 December 1939
- Laid down
- 2 October 1940
- Launched
- 7 March 1942
- Commissioned
- 27 June 1942
- Fate
- Sold for breaking up in 1965 (1965)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
- Length
- 85.34 m (280 ft)
- Beam
- 9.62 m (31.6 ft)
- Draught
- 2.51 m (8.2 ft)
- Speed
- 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h, 29.3 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Zetland was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L59. The ship was named after Zetland Hunt. Her keel was laid at Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow on 2 October 1940. She entered service on 27 June 1942, having been launched on 7 March 1942.
Displacement was 1,050 long tons standard and 1,490 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 25.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Zetland until 1952. She then passed to the Royal Norwegian Navy, serving as HNoMS Tromsø from 1952. She was in commission for 1,163 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- AAA - 2 x 4 12.7mm Vickers, 2 x 20 mm
- 6 Thornycroft depth charge throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Zetland (L59) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 21954 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons