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"Z" and "Ca" destroyers (MYNGS) (16, 1944 - 1945)
Photo
Cavalier 1979
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate | Modification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myngs | R06, 1948- D06 | 53 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 5/1942 | 31.5.1943 | 6/1944 | to Egypt 5.1955 (قاهر [El Qaher]) | "Z" group |
| Zambesi | R66, 1948- D66 | 1117 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 12/1942 | 21.11.1943 | 12/1944 | BU 2.1959 | "Z" group |
| Zealous | R39, 1948- D39 | 1118 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 5/1942 | 28.2.1944 | 10/1944 | to Israel 7.1956 (אֵילַת [Eilath]) | "Z" group |
| Zebra (ex-Wakeful) | R81, 1948- D81 | 1372 | Denny, Dumbarton | 5/1942 | 8.3.1944 | 10/1944 | BU 2.1959 | "Z" group |
| Zenith (ex-Wessex) | R95, 1948- D95 | 1373 | Denny, Dumbarton | 5/1942 | 5.6.1944 | 12/1944 | to Egypt 5.1955 (الفاتح [El Fateh]) | "Z" group |
| Zephyr | R19, 1948- D19 | 54 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 7/1942 | 15.7.1943 | 9/1944 | BU 7.1958 | "Z" group |
| Zest | R02, 1948- D102, 1956- F102 | 4034 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 7/1942 | 14.10.1943 | 7/1944 | BU 8.1970 | "Z" group |
| Zodiac | R54, 1948- D54 | 4035 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 11/1942 | 11.3.1944 | 10/1944 | to Israel 7.1956 (יָפוֹ [Yaffa]) | "Z" group |
| Cavendish (ex-Sibyl) | R15, 1948- D15 | 606 | John Brown, Clydebank | 5/1943 | 12.4.1944 | 3/1945 | BU 8.1967 | "Ca" group |
| Caesar (ex-Ranger) | R07, 1948- D07 | 605 | John Brown, Clydebank | 4/1942 | 14.2.1944 | 10.1944 | BU 1.1967 | "Ca" group |
| Cambrian (ex-Spitfire) | R85, 1948- D85 | 614 | Scotts, Greenock | 8/1942 | 10.12.1943 | 7.1944 | BU 9.1971 | "Ca" group |
| Caprice (ex-Swallow) | D01, R01, 1948- D01 | 1810 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 9/1942 | 16.9.1943 | 4.1944 | BU 11.1979 | "Ca" group |
| Carron (ex-Strenuous) | R30, 1948- D30 | 615 | Scotts, Greenock | 11/1942 | 28.3.1944 | 11.1944 | hulked 1960, BU 4.1967 | "Ca" group |
| Carysfort (ex-Pique) | R25, 1948- D25 | 1929 | White, Cowes | 5/1943 | 25.7.1944 | 2/1945 | BU 10.1970 | "Ca" group |
| Cassandra (ex-Tourmaline) | R62, 1948- D10 | 1811 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 1/1943 | 29.11.1943 | 7.1944 | BU 4.1967 | "Ca" group |
| Cavalier (ex-Pellew) | R73, 1948- D73 | 1928 | White, Cowes | 2/1943 | 7.4.1944 | 11.1944 | preserved 10.1977 | "Ca" group |
Technical data
| Max speed, kts, kn | 36.75 |
36.75 |
36.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data variant | as completed | Type 15 | Ca class, 1953-61 modernization |
| Displacement standard, t | 1710 - 1730 nominal |
2240 |
1964 - 2053 |
| Displacement full, t | 2510 - 2575 |
2850 |
2675 |
| Length, m | 103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
| Breadth, m | 10.9 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
| Draught, m | 4.34 - 4.42 |
4.20 - 4.30 |
4.30 - 4.40 deep load |
| No of shafts | 2 |
2 |
2 |
| Machinery | 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 40000 |
40000 |
40000 |
| Fuel, t | oil 588 |
||
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4675(20) | 3000 (20) (with 476t of oil) |
2800 (20) |
| Armament | 4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 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 Mk VIII/IX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 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 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 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 Mk VIII/IX, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
3 x 1 - 114/45 Mk 5, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL |
| Electronic equipment | type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar | type 278, type 262, type 293 radars, type 170, type 174 sonars, UA-3 ECM suite | type 275, type 293P or type 293Q, type 978/974, type 944 radars, type 147B, type 174P sonars, UA-3 ECM suite |
| Complement | 186 - 222 |
195 |
192 peace, 264 war |
Standard scale images
nearly sister-ship Relentless 1967 as Type 15
Cambrian 1963
Zest 1945
Graphics
Cavalier 1979
Project history
"Z" and "Са" classes were designed on the sample of destroyers of "S" class with new 114mm main guns (the pre-production sample was tested on Savage). For topweight reduction two twin Oerlikons were replaced by 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 the order they changed on beginning with a combination of letters "Сa".
Modernizations
1945, Myngs: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII
1945, Zenith, Zephyr, Cavalier: - 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III
1945, Caprice: - 4 x 2 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII
1945, Cambrian: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
1/1946, Myngs: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Zambesi, Zealous, Zebra, Zest, Zodiac: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Zenith, Zephyr: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Zambesi: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Cavendish: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Caesar: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Carron, Carysfort, Cassandra: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Cambrian: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Cavalier: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1/1946, Caprice: 4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 262, type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar
1956, Zest was converted to type 15 frigate. She has taken fully new silhouette, forecastle was enlarged and new aluminium alloy superstructure fitted.
1953 - 1961, all the "Ca" class ships were modernized as given in the table.
