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1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758
1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758

1/700 Trumpeter Tribal-Class Destroyer HMS Zulu (F18) 1941 - 05758

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HMS Zulu was a tribal-class British destroyer, built in Glasgow by A. Stephens & Sons, her keel was laid down on August 10th, 1936 and launched on September 23rd, 1937. She was launched with boilers and funnels in place, and this gave her the reputation of a lucky ship. Commissioned on September 7, 1938. Just after she was completed, the HMS Zulu moved to the Mediterranean and was based in Malta. When she returned home in 1941, she took 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-pound 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 to the 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 Zulu's luck turned. On September 14, 1942, she suffered some damage from the Italian coastal batteries on the 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 couldn't move any more. HMS Croome took off the majority of HMS Zulu's crew, and HMS Hursley took her in tow. But the British destroyer was sinking: just a hundred miles from Alexandria, she was again bombed by an enemy aircraft. HMS Zulu suddenly rolled to starboard and sank. 12 men of the crew died, and 27 more were missing

  • Scale: 1/700
  • Item Type: Static Kit
  • Model Brief:
    • Length: 164.4mm
    • Width: 15.9mm
    • Height: 47.5mm
  • Total Parts: 92pcs
  • Total Sprues: 5 sprues and upper hull, lower full, waterline plate and deck
  • Paint Schemes: HMS Zulu (F18)1941
  • Released Date: 2009-03
  • More Features:
    • Two-directional slide-molded upper hull 
    • Lower hull made from two-directional slide molds
    • Sponsons are represented on lower hull by slide-mold