HMS Zealous

HMS Zealous was a Z-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built in 1944 by Cammell Laird. She served during the Second World War, participating in operations in the North Sea and off the Norwegian coast, before taking part in some of the Arctic convoys. She spent a further ten years in Royal Navy service after the end of the war before being sold to the Israeli Navy, which operated her as INS Eilat. She saw action during the Suez Crisis in 1956 attacking Egyptian ships, and was still active by the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967. She was sunk several months after the conflict by missiles launched from several small Egyptian missile boats; this made her the first vessel to be sunk by a missile boat in wartime. It was an important milestone in naval surface warfare, which aroused considerable interest around the world in the development of small manoeuvrable missile boats.

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1944  Wikimedia, Wikidata
INS Eilat; R39
draft 3.05 metre, 
destroyer, W and Z-class destroyer, shipwreck, Cammell Laird, Royal Navy, Israeli Navy, 

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Location: 31.3333, 32.5681, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1944 HMS Zealous

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World War II Q362

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Six-Day War

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Suez Crisis

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keel laying

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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ship commissioning

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1973 Battles of Fort Budapest

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Frameless

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A27537

Commander R F Jessel, Captain of the destroyer HMS ZEALOUS, 1 March 1945. A27539

HMS Zealous FL7923

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1973	Battles of Fort Budapest	battle	Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
site	fort		Farma Fortress	fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1944	HMS Zealous	shipwreck, W and Z-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A27537		Commons
commons	image		Commander R F Jessel, Captain of the destroyer HMS ZEALOUS, 1 March 1945. A27539		Commons
commons	image		HMS Zealous FL7923		Commons