HMS Zodiac
HMS Zodiac was a Z-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built in 1944 by John I. Thornycroft, Woolston. She served during the Second World War, participating in operations in the North Sea and off the Norwegian coast, before taking part in some of the Arctic convoys. She spent a further ten years in Royal Navy service after the end of the war, before being sold to the Israeli Navy, which operated her as INS Yaffo. She saw action during the Suez Crisis in 1956, attacking Egyptian ships and was still active by the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967.
HMS Zodiac, 23 March 1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Zodiac |
| Ordered | 12 February 1942 |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft, Woolston |
| Laid down | 7 November 1942 |
| Launched | 11 March 1944 |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1944 |
| Identification | Pennant number: R54 initially, but changed to D54 in 1945 |
| Motto | 'Faythe hath no fear' |
| Honours and awards | Arctic 1945 |
| Fate | Sold to Israel, 15 July 1955 |
| Badge | On a Field Blue, a bezant rayed Gold on each point a bezant charged with the zodiac signs Black |
| History | |
| Israel | |
| Name | INS Yaffo |
| Acquired | 15 July 1955 |
| Commissioned | July 1956 |
| Out of service | 1972 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K-42 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Z-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,710 tons |
| Length | 362.7 ft (110.6 m) |
| Beam | 35.7 ft (10.9 m) |
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| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
| Complement | 186 |
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