W and Z-class destroyer

HMS Zebra
Class overview
Name:	W and Z class
Operators:	Royal Navy  South African Navy  Yugoslav Navy  Egyptian Navy  Israeli 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 (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) / 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) full
Range:	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
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 × QF 4.7 inch (120-mm) L/45 Mk.IX guns, single mounts CP Mk.XXII 4 × QF 2-pounder (40-mm) Mk.VIII "pom-poms", quad mount Mk.VII, or; 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors, twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV 4 × 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-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 2 racks & 4 throwers for 70 depth charges
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 (113 mm) Mk.IV guns, 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 and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. None were lost during World War II but INS Eilat (originally HMS Zealous) was sunk during the Israel-Egypt conflict in October 1967 by Egyptian missile boats.

Repeats of the preceding U and V-class destroyers, with modified director structures. The Z class were armed with 4.5 inch guns.

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