Name: | ZEPHYR |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 13/07/1942 |
Launched: | 15/07/1943 |
Completed: | 06/09/1944 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 54 |
Dimensions: | 1830disp - 2530disp, 339.5 x 35.8 x 10.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 40000shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.5ins DP, 1 x 2 x 40mm AA, 3 x 2 x 20mm AA guns; |
2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, 70 x depth charges | |
History: | |
06/09/1944 | British Royal Navy |
02/07/1958 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Z Class of destroyers. |
02/07/1958: Arrived at Dunston for breaking up by Clayton & Davie |
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