Hms zebra class destroyer (2 risultati)

5½'' x 3½''. Photograph shows her on 12th February 1959 arriving in tow at the breakers yard. Unused high gloss monochrome post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL NAVY (RN).

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Zebra (R81) was a Z-class destroyer. She was to have been named HMS Wakeful but was renamed in January 1943 before launching. She was launched on 18 March 1944 at William Denny & Brothers shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland and commissioned on 13 October 1944. She was 'adopted' by the civil community of Urmston, then in the county of Lancashire. After a period of working up with ships of the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow she joined the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet for screening duty and patrol on the North Western Approaches. She escorted a number of Arctic convoys, and other operations in the North Sea and off the coast of Scandinavia. As the war reached its end Zebra was deployed with the Home Fleet to support operations to re-occupy countries previously under German occupation, and this included guardship duties.…