Trumpeter 05758 Tribal-class destroyer HMS Zulu (G18)1941 小號手  [TP05758]

HMS Zulu ended up being a Tribal-class British destroyer, built-in Glasgow by A. Stephens & Sons, her keel laid down on Aug 10th 1936 and launched on Sept 23rd 1937. She was launched with boilers and funnels in position, and this offered her the standing of a lucky ship. Commissioned on 7th Sept 1938. Right after she ended up being completed, the HMS Zulu relocated in Mediterranean and had been situated in Malta. When she came back home, during 1941, she had a component inside search for the German battleship Bismarck. As well as in June 1941 Zulu sailed for Falmouth, England to begin with the woman refit. Her after channel was decrease and the woman mainmast had been fitted with a high frequency direction choosing (Huff-Duff or HF/DF) ensemble. Two, single 2 pounder weapons had been attached to the connection wings. Radar was installed plus the level charge throwers were re-located. The refit had been completed by July. Then she moved back Mediterranean, where she performed strike attacks against Italian convoys, and soon after took part in attack up against the Italian base in Tobruk (Libya). Here HMS Zulu's fortune turned. On September 14, 1942, she suffered some damages from the Italian coastal batteries on Tobruk shore. And just a couple of hours later on, she was bombed by an Italian aircraft, the bomb exploded in the boiler space, and HMS Zulu couldn't move any more. HMS Croome took off the absolute most element of HMS Zulu's crew, and HMS Hursley took her in tow. But the British destroyer had been sinking: simply 100 miles from Alexandria, again she had been bombed by an enemy aircraft. HMS Zulu suddenly rolled to starboard and sank. 12 males for the team passed away, and 27 more had been lacking.

Specification