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祖鲁号是英国驱逐舰部族级的一艘，在格拉斯哥建造。1936年8月10日搭建龙骨，1937年9月23日下水并获得了幸运之舰的称号。1938年9月7日服役。祖鲁号前往地中海并驻扎在马耳他。1941年，祖鲁号被德国海军战列舰俾斯麦号击中。6月驶往英格兰法尔茅斯进行改装：去掉后烟囱，主桅也被更换;两门两磅炮被安装在舰桥上;安装了雷达等电子设备。7月份完成改装。之后祖鲁返回地中海，作为一支打击意大利海军的力量，参加了进攻托布鲁克要塞的战斗。在这里祖鲁号的好运没有了。1942年9月14日，祖鲁号遭到了托布鲁克海岸炮的攻击并受损。仅仅几小时后，祖鲁号又遭到意大利空军袭击，炸弹在锅炉室爆炸，她再也不能动一下了。大部分船员被救起，之后祖鲁号被拖往亚历山大港。然而在途中她再一次遭到意大利空军的袭击，祖鲁号突然的向右舷倾斜然后沉没。12名船员阵亡，超过27人失踪。
nHMS Zulu was a Tribal-class British destroyer, built in Glasgow by A. Stephens & Sons, her keel laid down on Aug 10th 1936 and launched on Sept 23rd 1937. She was launched with boilers and funnels in place, and this gave her the reputation of a lucky ship. Commissioned on 7th Sept 1938. Just after she was completed, the HMS Zulu moved in Mediterranean and was based in Malta. When she returned home, during 1941, she had a part in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck. And in June 1941 Zulu sailed for Falmouth, England to begin her refit. Her after funnel was cut down and her mainmast was fitted with a high frequency direction finding (Huff-Duff or HF/DF) outfit. Two, single 2 pounder guns were mounted on the bridge wings. Radar was installed and the depth charge throwers were re-located. The refit was completed by July. Then she moved back in Mediterranean, where she performed strike attacks against Italian convoys, and later took part in the attack against the Italian base in Tobruk (Libya). Here HMS Zulus luck turned. On September 14, 1942, she suffered some damages from the Italian coastal batteries on Tobruk coast. And just a few hours later, she was bombed by an Italian aircraft, the bomb exploded in the boiler room, and HMS Zulu couldnt move any more. HMS Croome took off the most part of HMS Zulus crew, and HMS Hursley took her in tow. But the British destroyer was sinking: just a hundred miles from Alexandria, again she was bombed by an enemy aircraft. HMS Zulu suddenly rolled to starboard and sank. 12 men of the crew died, and 27 more were missing.
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