HMS Zodiac
Service
- as HMS Zodiac23 October 1944 — 15 July 1955314 days of the war
- as INS YaffoJuly 1956 — 1972
- Name
- HMS Zodiac
- Pennant / hull number
- R54
- Builder
- John I. Thornycroft, Woolston
- Ordered
- 12 February 1942
- Laid down
- 7 November 1942
- Launched
- 11 March 1944
- Commissioned
- 23 October 1944
- Fate
- Scrapped
- 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 Zodiac was a Z-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R54. John I. Thornycroft, Woolston laid her keel on 7 November 1942. She entered service on 23 October 1944, having been launched on 11 March 1944.
She was one of seven ships of her class. 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 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Zodiac until 15 July 1955. She was in commission for 314 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap.
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 inch guns
- 5 х 40 mm guns
- 8 х Torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Zodiac on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 21957 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons