Zest 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| "Z" group | ||||||
| Myngs | R06 - D06 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 5/1942 | 31/5/1943 | 6/1944 | to Egypt 5/1955 (El Qaher) |
| Zambesi | R66 - D66 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 12/1942 | 21/11/1943 | 12/1944 | BU 2/1959 |
| Zealous | R39 - D39 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 5/1942 | 28/2/1944 | 10/1944 | to Israel 7/1956 (Eilath) |
| Zebra (ex-Wakeful) | R81 - D81 | Denny, Dumbarton | 5/1942 | 8/3/1944 | 10/1944 | BU 2/1959 |
| Zenith (ex-Wessex) | R95 - D95 | Denny, Dumbarton | 5/1942 | 5/6/1944 | 12/1944 | to Egypt 5/1955 (El Fateh) |
| Zephyr | R19 - D19 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 7/1942 | 15/7/1943 | 9/1944 | BU 7/1958 |
| Zest | R02 - D102 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 7/1942 | 14/10/1943 | 7/1944 | BU 8/1970 |
| Zodiac | R54 - D54 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 11/1942 | 11/3/1944 | 10/1944 | to Israel 7/1956 (Yaffa) |
| "Ca" group | ||||||
| Cavendish (ex-Sibyl) | R15 - D15 | John Brown, Clydebank | 5/1943 | 12/4/1944 | 3/1945 | BU 8/1967 |
| Caesar (ex-Ranger) | R07 - D07 | John Brown, Clydebank | 4/1942 | 14/2/1944 | 10/1944 | BU 1/1967 |
| Cambrian (ex-Spitfire) | R85 - D85 | Scotts, Greenock | 8/1942 | 10/12/1943 | 7/1944 | BU 9/1971 |
| Caprice (ex-Swallow) | D01 - R01 - D01 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 9/1942 | 16/9/1943 | 4/1944 | BU 11/1979 |
| Carron (ex-Strenuous) | R30 - D30 | Scotts, Greenock | 11/1942 | 28/3/1944 | 11/1944 | hulked 1960, BU 4/1967 |
| Carysfort (ex-Pique) | R25 - D25 | White, Cowes | 5/1943 | 25/7/1944 | 2/1945 | BU 10/1970 |
| Cassandra (ex-Tourmaline) | R62 - D10 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 1/1943 | 29/11/1943 | 7/1944 | BU 4/1967 |
| Cavalier (ex-Pellew) | R73 - D73 | White, Cowes | 2/1943 | 7/4/1944 | 11/1944 | preserved 10/1977 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1710 - 1730 nominal |
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Displacement full, t |
2510 - 2575 |
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Length, m |
103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.34 - 4.42 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
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Max speed, kn |
36.75 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 588 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4675(20) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Zambesi, Cavendish: 4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Caprice: 4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Caesar: 4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) |
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Sensors |
presumably type 275, 277, 282, 291 radars, type 123A, 127 sonars |
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Complement |
186 - 222 |
Ship project history: "Z" and "Ñà" classes were designed on the sample of destroyers of "S" class with new 114mm main guns (the pre-production model has passed tests on Savage). For reduction of a loads two twin Oerlikons were changed with single. It was planed to equip these ships with a new DP fire control system but this system was not ready to the moment of destroyers completing yet.
Letters of the English alphabet were out on "Z" class and ships of following class originally have been named casual enough, but already after delivery of orders they changed on beginning with a combination of letters "Ña".
Modernizations: 1945, Myngs: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom
1945, Zenith, Zephyr, Cavalier: - 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors
1945, Caprice: - 4 x 2 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/39 pompom
1945, Cambrian: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon
1956, Zest was converted to type 15 frigate. She has taken fully new silhouette, forecastle was enlarged and new aluminium alloy superstructure fitted.
nearly sister-ship Relentless 1967
| Name | No | Reconstructed | Yard | Fate |
| Zest | F102 | 1954 - 1956 | Chatham DYd | BU 8/1970 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2240 |
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Displacement full, t |
2850 |
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Length, m |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.20 - 4.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
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Max speed, kn |
36.75 |
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Endurance, nm (kts) |
3000 (20) (with 476t of oil) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 16, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 DCT |
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Sensors |
type 278, 262, 293 radars, type 170, 174 sonars |
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Complement |
195 |
1953 - 1961, "Ca" class ships were modernized as follows:
| Name | No | Reconstructed | Yard | Fate |
| Caesar | D07 | 1953 - 1961 | BU 1/1967 | |
| Cavendish | D15 | 1953 - 1961 | BU 8/1967 | |
| Cambrian | D85 | 1953 - 1961 | BU 9/1971 | |
| Carron | D30 | 1953 - 1961 | hulked 1960, BU 4/1967 | |
| Caprice | D01 | 1953 - 1961 | BU 11/1979 | |
| Cassandra | D10 | 1953 - 1961 | BU 4/1967 | |
| Carysfort | D25 | 1953 - 1961 | BU 10/1970 | |
| Cavalier | D73 | 1953 - 1961 | preserved 10/1977 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1964 - 2053 |
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Displacement full, t |
2675 |
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Length, m |
103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.30 - 4.40 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
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Max speed, kn |
36.75 |
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Endurance, nm (kts) |
2800 (20) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 114/45 Mk 4 (CPS mountings), 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid DCT |
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Sensors |
type 275, 293P or 293Q, 978/974, 944 radars, type 170, 174P sonars |
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Complement |
192 peace, 264 war |
late 1950s, Carron: converted to TS, 1 x 1 - 114/45 gun was removed
1966, Cassandra, Cavalier: - 1 x 2 - 40/60; + 1 x 4 Seacat GWS20 SAM launcher
Naval service: Zephyr in December, 1944 was damaged on a mine and repaired till April, 1945. Cassandra 11/12/1944 was badly damaged by a torpedo from German submarine U365 (the fore end by a length nearby 9m was broken off), repair lasted till June, 1945. Cavalier is preserved as memorial ship on Tyne.
Cavalier 1979
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