HMS Zenith (R95)
HMS Zenith, 21 December 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Zenith |
| Ordered | 12 February 1942 |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dunbarton |
| Laid down | 19 May 1942 |
| Launched | 5 June 1944 |
| Completed | 22 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | 22 December 1944 |
| Out of service | Sold to Egypt, 1955 |
| Reclassified | D95, 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: R95 |
| Motto | 'This above all' |
| Badge | A sun with rays |
| Egypt | |
| Name | El Fateh |
| Acquired | 1955 |
| Commissioned | 28 August 1956 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 921 |
| Fate | Presumed scrapped, 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Z-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,710 tons |
| Length | 362.7 ft (110.6 m) |
| Beam | 35.7 ft (10.9 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
| Complement | 186 |
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HMS Zenith was a Z-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built as by William Denny and Brothers, Dunbarton. She was ordered as part of the 10th Emergency Flotilla, and was originally to have been named HMS Wessex. She spent her first ten years in Royal Navy service, before being sold to the Egyptian Navy, which operated her as El Fateh. She was a training ship until 2014, and her name was transferred to a new vessel in 2017, but she remains listed by the IISS.