Destroyers

Z class

8 ships

The destroyer HMS Zodiac (R 54) of the Royal Navy.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1710 BRT
Length	363 feet
Complement	186 men
Armament	As designed; 4 4.5" guns (4x1) 2 40mm AA (1x2) 6 20mm AA (2x2, 2x1) 8 21" torpedo tubes
Max speed	37 knots
Engines	Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power	40000 HP
Notes on class

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Tin Can Titans
John Wukovits

Books dealing with this subject include:

A Home on the Rolling Main, A G F Ditcham, 2013
Afridi to Nizam – British Fleet Destroyers 1937 – 43, English, John, 2003
All the Gallant Men, Donald Stratton, 2016
Arctic Convoy PQ8, Michael Wadsworth, 2010
The Battle of Tassafaronga, Russell Syndnor Crenshaw, 2010
British Destroyers 1892 to 1953, March, Edgar J, 2003
The Good Shepherd, Forester, C.S., 1955 (transl.)
Men of Poseidon, Graves, Richard W., 2000
Shipmates, Seeley, Lewis E. & Lorraine Seeley Buell, 2000
Submarine Commander, Schratz, Paul R., 1988
Tin Can Titans, John Wukovits, 2017
Tin Cans, Roscoe, Theodore, 1960
U-188, Klaus Willmann, 2015
United States Destroyer Operations In World War II., Roscoe, Theodore, 1953
US Destroyers 1942-45, Dave McComb, 2010