Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Z |
Pennant | R 02 |
Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
Ordered | 12 Feb 1942 |
Laid down | 21 Jul 1942 |
Launched | 14 Oct 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 Jul 1944 |
End service | |
History | Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1954-1956. Scrapped at Dalmuir in August 1970. |
Commands listed for HMS Zest (R 02)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Roger Bertram Nettleton Hicks, DSO, RN | 6 Jun 1944 | 23 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Zest include:
18 Dec 1944
HMS Trusty (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, DSC, RN) conducts A/S exercises with HMS Zest (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN). (1)
17 Feb 1945
HMS Zest (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN) picks up the sole survivor from the British corvette HMS Bluebell that was torpedoed and sunk that day by German U-boat U-711 off Kola Inlet in position 69°36'N, 35°29'E.
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Sources
- ADM 173/19132
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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