W and Z-class destroyer

1943 class of British destroyers

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1943 — 1971 Z-class destroyer, W-class destroyer class, destroyer, ship class, John I. Thornycroft & Company, Royal Navy, Vickers-Armstrongs, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Cammell Laird, William Denny and Brothers, John Brown & Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Egyptian Navy, Israeli Navy, C-class destroyer, South African Navy, U and V-class destroyer, Yugoslav Navy, United Kingdom, Q79, Q801, Q258, Q36704, Q83286

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Thornycroft \u0026amp; Company, destroyer, United Kingdom vessel\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"HMS Zest@1944 John I. Thornycroft \u0026amp; Company, destroyer, United Kingdom vessel\n","link":"","lat":50.8931,"lon":-1.37627,"icon":"/images/8/89/M_vessel.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q11513882\" title=\"Q11513882\"\u003EHMS Zodiac\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1944 John I. Thornycroft \u0026amp; Company, destroyer, United Kingdom, Israel vessel\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"HMS Zodiac@1944 John I. Thornycroft \u0026amp; Company, destroyer, United Kingdom, Israel vessel\n","link":"","lat":50.8929,"lon":-1.37635,"icon":"/images/8/89/M_vessel.png"}],"imageoverlays":null}

Historical Countries:

Kingdom of Great Britain:

C-class destroyer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

C-class destroyer - U and V-class destroyer

1944-12-22T00:00:00Z

1943-10-25T00:00:00Z

1944-06-23T00:00:00Z

1944-04-14T00:00:00Z

1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

1944-05-11T00:00:00Z

1944-04-25T00:00:00Z

1944-03-30T00:00:00Z

1944-07-18T00:00:00Z

1944-10-09T00:00:00Z

1944-10-13T00:00:00Z

1944-09-06T00:00:00Z

1944-07-12T00:00:00Z

1944-10-23T00:00:00Z

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Frameless

HMS Kempenfelt (R03)

HMS Wager 1944 IWM FL 8784

HMS Wessex

HMS Whelp

HMS Wizard 1945 IWM FL 21726

HMS Wrangler 1944 IWM FL 21789

HMS Zambesi 1944 IWM FL 9776

HMS Zebra

HMS Zenith 1944 IWM FL 9282

HMS Zephyr 1952 IWM FL 5781

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes acknowledge cheers from one of the British destroyers... - NARA - 198751

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Source

vessel	1944	El Fateh	Egypt, destroyer, United Kingdom, William Denny and Brothers	Wikidata
vessel	1943	HMS Kempenfelt	destroyer, United Kingdom, John Brown & Company, Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Myngs	Vickers-Armstrongs, destroyer, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Wager	destroyer, United Kingdom, John Brown & Company	Wikidata
vessel	1943	HMS Wakeful	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, destroyer, frigate, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Wessex	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, destroyer, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Whelp	destroyer, United Kingdom, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company	Wikidata
vessel		HMS Whirlwind	destroyer, United Kingdom, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, shipwreck	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Wizard	Vickers-Armstrongs, destroyer, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel		HMS Wrangler	Vickers-Armstrongs, destroyer, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Zambesi	Cammell Laird, destroyer, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Zealous	Israel, Cammell Laird, destroyer, United Kingdom, shipwreck	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Zebra	destroyer, United Kingdom, William Denny and Brothers	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Zephyr	Vickers-Armstrongs, destroyer, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Zest	John I. Thornycroft & Company, destroyer, United Kingdom	Wikidata
vessel	1944	HMS Zodiac	John I. Thornycroft & Company, destroyer, United Kingdom, Israel	Wikidata
image	1944	HMS Kempenfelt (R03)		Wikimedia
image	1944	HMS Wager 1944 IWM FL 8784		Wikimedia
image	1944	HMS Wessex		Wikimedia
image	1944	HMS Whelp		Wikimedia
image	1945	HMS Wizard 1945 IWM FL 21726		Wikimedia
image	1944	HMS Wrangler 1944 IWM FL 21789		Wikimedia
image	1944	HMS Zambesi 1944 IWM FL 9776		Wikimedia
image	1944	HMS Zebra		Wikimedia
image	1944	HMS Zenith 1944 IWM FL 9282		Wikimedia
image	1952	HMS Zephyr 1952 IWM FL 5781		Wikimedia
image		President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes acknowledge cheers from one of the British destroyers... - NARA - 198751		Wikimedia

W and Z-class destroyer

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