HMS Zubian
HMS Zubian
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Zubian |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | 7 June 1917 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 9 December 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,040 t (1,020 long tons; 1,150 short tons) |
| Length: | 85.4 m (280 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Draught: | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
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| Propulsion: | 3 Parsons steam turbines |
| Speed: | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Complement: | 68 |
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HMS Zubian was a First World War Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer constructed from the forward end of HMS Zulu and the rear and mid sections of HMS Nubian. These two destroyers had been badly damaged in late 1916, and rather than scrapping both hulls at the height of World War I, the Admiralty ordered that they be rebuilt as the composite Zubian and put back into service. She was commissioned into the fleet in June 1917. The name Zubian is a portmanteau of the names of the original ships.
Zubian saw extensive service in the final two years of the war as part of the Dover Patrol. She sank the German U-boat UC-50 in February 1918, while she was on patrol in the English Channel. In late April, she participated in the First Ostend Raid as an escort for the bombardment force. After the war, Zubian was sold for scrap and broken up by December 1919.
Zubian was 85.4 metres (280 ft) long overall, with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft) and a draught of 3 m (9.8 ft). She displaced 1,040 metric tons (1,020 long tons; 1,150 short tons). The ship's propulsion system consisted of three Parsons steam turbines, which were powered by six oil-fired Thornycroft boilers. These provided 14,000 shaft horsepower (10,000 kW) and a top speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). She was armed with two QF 4-inch Mk V guns and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. One gun was mounted on the forecastle and the other on the stern, with the two torpedo tubes amidships. Her crew numbered 68 officers and enlisted.
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