Zagreb's sister ship Beograd (right) and Dubrovnik (left) in the Bay of Kotor after being captured by Italy
History
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Name
Zagreb
Namesake
Zagreb
Launched
30 March 1938
Commissioned
August 1939
Out of service
17 April 1941
Fate
Scuttled by crew on 17 April 1941
General characteristics
Class and type
Beograd-class destroyer
Displacement
1,210 tonnes (1,190 long tons) (standard)
1,655 tonnes (1,629 long tons) (full load)
Length
98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam
9.45 m (31 ft)
Draught
3.18 m (10 ft 5 in)
Installed power
3 × Yarrow water-tube boilers
40,000–44,000 shp (30,000–33,000 kW)
Propulsion
2 × shafts
Parsons steam turbines
Speed
35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement
145
Armament
4 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
2 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
2 × triple 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes
2 × machine guns
30 naval mines
Zagreb was the second of three Beograd-class destroyers built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy (KM) in the late 1930s. She was designed to be deployed as part of a division led by the flotilla leader Dubrovnik and was the first warship built in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Zagreb entered service in August 1939, was armed with a main battery of four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in single mounts, and had a top speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph).
Yugoslavia entered World War II when the German-led Axis powers invaded in April 1941. On 17 April, Zagreb was scuttled by two of her officers at the Bay of Kotor to prevent her capture by approaching Italian forces. Both officers were killed by the explosion of the scuttling charges. A 1967 French film, Flammes sur l'Adriatique (Adriatic Sea of Fire), told the story of her demise and the deaths of the two officers. In 1973, on the thirtieth anniversary of the formation of the Yugoslav Navy, both men were posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero by President Josip Broz Tito.
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