HMS Zulu (F18)

Career
HMS Zulu
Builder:	Alexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down:	August 10, 1936
Launched:	September 23, 1937
Commissioned:	September 7, 1938
Fate:	lost 14 September 1942 to aircraft off Tobruk
General characteristics
Displacement:	1870 tons
Length:	344 ft (105 m)
Beam:	36.5 ft (11.1 m)
Propulsion:	Parsons geared turbines of 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Speed:	26.5 knots (49 km/h)
Complement:	190
Armament:	8 x 4.7 inch (119 mm) guns seven smaller guns 4 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Zulu.

The second HMS Zulu (pennant number L18, later F18) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built in Glasgow by Alexander Stephen and Sons. Her keel was laid down on August 10, 1936. She was launched on September 23, 1937, and commissioned on September 7, 1938. She had the task of scuttling HMS Coventry after she had been damaged in an air raid. She was sunk by Italian aircraft on September 14, 1942, after bombarding Tobruk.

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