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1793: 1850: 55: 1703: 33: 1748: 623:, where sonar conditions made the submarines difficult to detect. To counter this, the escort laid down a blind barrage of depth charges when it arrived at the Kola Inlet on 25 April to force the convoy past the U-boat patrol line, this preventing the U-boats from attacking the convoy. The return convoy, Convoy RA 66, set out from the Kola Inlet on 29 April, with 331:
destroyers, but with a lighter armament (effectively whatever armament was available) in order to speed production. The Z-class of eight ships formed the 10th Emergency Flotilla, one of five flotillas of War Emergency destroyers ordered under the 1941 War Construction Programme (the U, V, W, Z and
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as part of the Home Fleet. Between July 1947 and February 1948 the destroyer was with the Portsmouth Flotilla as Gunnery ship. In February 1948 she transferred to the 3rd Escort Flotilla, based at Portland. In February 1949 she was leader of the 2nd Training Flotilla. On 28 February 1952,
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when the force was spotted by a German reconnaissance aircraft. In response, the Germans launched a 30-aircraft strong torpedo-bomber strike, but it failed to find the British force.
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capability, with the Z-class being the first class of destroyers to use the new gun. The close-in anti-aircraft armament was one Hazemayer stabilised twin mount for the
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in October 1944. As part of an offensive against German shipping (and in particular ships carrying Iron ore) passing through Norwegian coastal waters,
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outfit of four depth charge mortars and two racks, with a total of 70 charges carried. She had a crew of 179 officers and other ranks.
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made it to port. One of her crew was killed. After inspection and temporary repair at Scapa Flow, permanent repairs were made by
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was refitted at Portsmouth from 23 July to 8 September, having her fire control director tower fitted, and took part in
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with other Royal Navy ships on 9 May to accept the surrender of a number of German warships, including the cruiser
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escort, and were to be suitable for mass-production. They were based on the hull and machinery of the pre-war
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supplied steam at 300 pounds per square inch (2,100 kPa) and 630 Â°F (332 Â°C) to two sets of
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of 10 feet 0 inches (3.05 m) mean and 14 feet 3 inches (4.34 m) full load.
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for disposal on 27 June 1958, and arrived at the shipbreaking company Clayton and Davie's yard at
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was sunk by a U-boat. The merchant ships of the convoy were unharmed. As the war reached its end
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and attacked German-operated radio stations from 24 October to 4 November 1944. On 14 November,
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The War at Sea 1939–1945: Volume III The Offensive Part II, 1st June 1944 –14th August 1945
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which was lying at anchor. Over 2300 men, including large numbers of Soviet
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yard from 8 January to 12 April 1945. On 18 April she joined the escort of
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guns, capable of elevating to an angle of 55 degrees, giving a degree of
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and was holed below the waterline. She was relieved as gunnery ship by
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on 6 September 1944. She was 'adopted' by the civil community of
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The Z-class were 362 feet 9 inches (110.57 m)
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On a Field Blue, a representation of Zephyrus, the West wind
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were sunk from the convoy as well as the German freighter
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of surrendered German U-boats in November–December 1945.
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forming part of its escort until 7 May. Two submarines (
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and on 13 June that year collided with the submarine
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During anti-submarine operations on 31 December 1944
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Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. 986: 195:362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) 51: 7: 1920:List of destroyers of the Royal Navy 736:in December 1953. In November 1956, 1355:War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes 1353:Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). 1241:. Windsor, UK: World Ship Society. 369:Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers 203:35 ft 8 in (10.87 m) 1407:. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. 1403:Ruegg, Bob; Hague, Arnold (1993). 744:, but the offer was not accepted. 444:shipyard on 13 July 1942. She was 422:was fitted, while the ship had an 321:War Emergency Programme destroyers 14: 1282:. London: Conway Maritime Press. 687:Between August 1946 and May 1947 41:underway off Spithead, 5 May 1952 1848: 1791: 1746: 1701: 1317:Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945 1222:. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. 559:, were killed by the sinking of 53: 31: 387:) giving a maximum speed of 36 227:37 knots (69 km/h) maximum 1338:. London: Macdonald & Co. 1039:Kindell, Don (18 April 2009). 763:on 2 July 1958 for scrapping. 1: 1946:Ships built on the River Tyne 476:screened the escort carriers 332:Ca-classes (40 destroyers)). 1445:. London: Cassell & Co. 1179:. New York: Modern Library. 1114:Rohwer & HĂĽmmelchen 1992 1090:Rohwer & HĂĽmmelchen 1992 1066:Rohwer & HĂĽmmelchen 1992 975:Rohwer & HĂĽmmelchen 1992 963:Rohwer & HĂĽmmelchen 1992 951:Rohwer & HĂĽmmelchen 1992 854:Gardiner & Chesneau 1980 1405:Convoys to Russia 1941–1945 1376:. London: Greenhill Books. 400:4.5-inch (120 mm) QF Mk. IV 153:for breaking up 2 July 1958 1977: 420:21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes 418:. Two quadruple mount for 300:, replacing the destroyer 18: 1915: 1895: 1688: 1510:W- and Z-class destroyers 1424:Destroyers of World War 2 1357:. London: Bivouac Books. 521:was sunk. On 27 November 456:Following commissioning, 247:QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) guns 165: 46: 30: 1941:W and Z-class destroyers 1218:Critchley, Mike (1982). 890:Raven & Roberts 1978 740:was offered for sale to 375:single-reduction geared 1441:Whitley, M. J. (2000). 1422:Whitley, M. J. (1988). 1197:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 1158:, HMSO, Gale and Polden 782:, pp. 53–55, 86–87 488:as their aircraft laid 315:Design and construction 211:10 ft (3.0 m) 166:General characteristics 1334:Lenton, H. T. (1970). 1315:Marriott, Leo (1989). 1237:English, John (2008). 1102:Ruegg & Hague 1993 1078:Ruegg & Hague 1993 693:4th Destroyer Flotilla 539:. 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Index

HMS Zephyr

Vickers-Armstrongs
High Walker
Pennant number
Dunston
Z-class
destroyer
QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) guns
40 mm Bofors guns
21-inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
Z-class
destroyer
Vickers-Armstrongs
High Walker
commissioned
Doncaster
HMS Lightning
Warship Week
War Emergency Programme destroyers
anti-submarine
J-class
long overall
at the waterline
between perpendiculars
beam
draught
Displacement
long tons

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