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HMS Zebra |
| Class overview |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy
 South African Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
 SFR Yugoslav Navy |
| Preceded by: |
U and V class |
| Succeeded by: |
C class |
| Subclasses: |
W, Z |
| In commission: |
1943 - 1971 |
| Completed: |
16 |
| Lost: |
4 (as targets) |
| Retired: |
12 |
| General characteristics W class |
| Type: |
Destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,710 tons (1,730 tonnes)
2,530 tons full (2,570 tonnes) |
| Length: |
362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
| Beam: |
35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
| Draught: |
10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,
40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts |
| Speed: |
36 kt / 32 kt full |
| Range: |
4,675 nmi at 20 kt |
| Complement: |
179 (225 as leader |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
- Radar Type 272 target indication
- Radar Type 291 air warning
- Radar Type 285 fire control on director Mk.III(W)
- Radar Type 282 fire control on 40 mm mount Mk.IV
|
| Armament: |
- 4 x QF 4.7 in (119 mm) L/45 Mk.IX, single mounts CP Mk.XXII
- 4 x QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII, quad mount Mk.VII, or;
- 4 x A/A mountings;
- twin 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.V
- single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III or "Boffin" Mk.V
- single QF 2 pdr Mk.XVI
- 8 (4x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX
- 2 racks & 4 throwers for 70 depth charges
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| General characteristics (Z class) |
| Displacement: |
1,830 tons (1,860 tonnes)
2,530 tons full (2,570 tonnes) |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
Radar Type 293 target indication Radar Type 285 fire control on director type K |
| Armament: |
4 x QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 Mk.IV, single mounts CP Mk.V
|
| Notes: |
Other characteristics as per W class |
The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning with "W-" and "Z-", respectively, although, like the preceding U and V class, two of the flotilla leaders were named after historical naval figures (as had been Royal Navy practice during the inter-war years). They were known as the 9th and 10th Emergency Flotilla, respectively. They served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II.
[edit] W class
[edit] Z class
[edit] See also
[edit] Bibliography
- Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
- Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945, Leo Marriot, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1817-0
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946, Ed. Robert Gardiner, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-913-8
- Destroyers of World War II, An International Encyclopedia, M. J. Whiteley, Arms and Armour Press, 1988, ISBN 1-85409-521-8
