HMS Zest
{{short description|Z-class destroyer converted to Type 15 frigate of the Royal Navy}}
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HMS Zest was a Z-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War II.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-65Z-Zest.htm |title=HMS Zest (R 02) - Z-class Destroyer |publisher=naval-history.net |date=2004 |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |editor=Gordon Smith |accessdate=20 May 2015}}
Post war service
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Between September and November 1945 Zest was refitted at Leith. Between August 1946 and February 1947 she was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, as part of the Home Fleet. From July 1947 until February 1948 she was used for Torpoedo training at Portsmouth.
From September 1952 until February 1954 she was in reserve at Chatham Dockyard. Between 1954 and 1956 she was converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate at Chatham Dockyard. She was also allocated the new pennant number F102, changing from its initial R02.{{cite book|last=Critchley |first=Mike |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |location=Liskeard, UK |date=1982 |pages=82}} She was the only Z-class destroyer to be converted into a Type 15 frigate.
Between 1956 and 1958 she was leader of the 3rd Training Squadron.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/|last=Mackie|first=Colin|title=II: Royal Navy- Captains Commanding Warships|work=British Armed Forces (1900–)|accessdate=19 January 2014}} From 1958 until 1961 she was part of the 4th Frigate Squadron, and in 1961 she had a refit at Malta. In 1964 she joined the Far East Fleet, joining the 24th Escort Squadron. She carried out patrols in the Singapore and Malacca Straits to prevent infiltration of Indonesian-led forces and smuggling of weapons during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. In November 1964, the merchant ship {{Ship|SS|Pompadour||2}} ran aground on the Bombay Shoal in the South China Sea, as did the tug {{Ship|ST|Salvonia||2}} when she tried to assist. Zest rescued the crews from both ships, 45 people in total, before a typhoon struck the stranded ships. Zest returned to British waters at the end of 1965, paying off at Plymouth of 15 December that year before recommissioning with a new crew.{{cite news|title=Zest's 90,000 miles in under two years|newspaper=Navy News|date=January 1966|page=9|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/196601}} In 1967, while in the West Indies, Zest was deployed at St Vincent during local election period as a precaution.{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Ops-Events1961-70.htm |title=Chronology, Part 3 - 1961-70 |last=Mason|first=Geoffrey B. |publisher=naval-history.net |date=2007 |accessdate=20 May 2015}} From July 1967 to July 1968 Zest was deployed to the Far East Station visiting Cape Town, Mombasa, Gan, Sydney, Dunedin, New Plymouth, Yokohama, Hong Kong and Singapore
Decommissioning and disposal
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book |last=Marriott |first=Leo |title=Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |date=1989 |isbn=9780711018174 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/royalnavydestroy0000marr }}
- {{cite book|last1=Raven|first1=Alan|last2=Roberts|first2=John|title=War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes|publisher=Bivouac Books|location=London|year=1978|isbn=0-85680-010-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
{{W and Z class destroyers}}
{{Type 15 frigate}}
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Category:W and Z-class destroyers
Category:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
Category:Cold War destroyers of the United Kingdom
Category:Type 15 frigates of the Royal Navy
Category:Cold War frigates of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company
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