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Allied Warships

HMS Zest (R 02)

Destroyer of the Z class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassZ 
PennantR 02 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered12 Feb, 1942 
Laid down21 Jul, 1942 
Launched14 Oct, 1943 
Commissioned20 Jul, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryReconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1954-1956.

Scrapped at Dalmuir in August 1970.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Roger Bertram Nettleton Hicks, DSO, RN
6 June 1944 - 23 October 1945 

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