Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb
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Zagreb's sister ship Beograd (right) and Dubrovnik (left) in the Bay of Kotor after being captured by Italy
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 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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| Name: | Zagreb |
| Namesake: | Zagreb |
| Commissioned: | 30 March 1938 |
| Out of service: | 17 April 1941 |
| Fate: | Scuttled by crew on 17 April 1941 |
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| Class and type: | Beograd-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in) |
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| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Complement: | 145 |
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The Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb was the second of three Beograd-class destroyers built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy (Serbo-Croatian: Kraljevska Jugoslovenska Ratna Mornarica, KJRM) in the late 1930s. Her main armament consisted of four Škoda 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. When Yugoslavia entered World War II due to the German-led Axis invasion of that country in April 1941, two of her officers scuttled her at the Bay of Kotor on 17 April 1941 to prevent her capture by approaching Italian forces. Both officers were killed by the explosion of the scuttling charges. A French film was made about her demise and the deaths of the two officers. In 1973, on the thirtieth anniversary of the formation of the Yugoslav Navy, both men were posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero by President Josip Broz Tito.
The Beograd class was developed from a French design, and the second ship of the class, Zagreb, was built by Jadranska brodogradilišta at Split, Yugoslavia, under French supervision. The ship had an overall length of 98 m (321 ft 6 in), a beam of 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in), and a normal draught of 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in). Her standard displacement was 1,210 tonnes (1,190 long tons), and she displaced 1,655 tonnes (1,629 long tons) at full load. The ship was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines driving two propellors, using steam generated by three Yarrow water-tube boilers. Her turbines were rated at 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) and she was designed to reach a top speed of 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph). She carried 120 tonnes (120 long tons) of fuel oil. Although data is not available for Zagreb, her sister ship Beograd had a radius of action of 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi). The crew consisted of 145 officers and enlisted men.
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