HMS ZODIAC (R54)

Navy: Royal Navy
Type: Destroyer
Class:
Pennant: R 54 
Built by: Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Laid down: 7 Nov, 1942 
Launched: 11 Mar, 1944 
Commissioned:

23 Oct, 1944 

History:  
 

Was purchased by Israel in 1955 and served in the Israeli Navy as K-42 INS Yafo until 1969. In 1970 was used as a target ship and sunk after being hit by a Gabriel missile.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Henry Richard Rycroft, DSC, RN
28 August 1944 >