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HMS Zephyr (R 19)

Destroyer of the Z class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassZ 
PennantR 19 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons 
Ordered12 Feb, 1942 
Laid down13 Jul, 1942 
Launched15 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned6 Sep, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped at Dunston on 2 July 1958.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, DSC and 2 Bars, RN
18 July 1944 – 15 December 1944

Capt. John Hamilton Allison, DSO, RN
15 December 1944 – 25 June 1945

Lt.Cdr. C.R. Purse, RN
25 June 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Zephyr include:

31 Dec, 1944
On 31 Dec, 1944, the British destroyer HMS Zephyr (Lt.Cdr. J.F.D. Bush, DSC and 2 Bars, RN) was slightly damaged by an explosion west of the Pentland Firth. According to British reports this was very likely caused by a floating mine and not by a torpedo. U-1020 was long believed to have hit the destroyer.


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