Trumpeter 05332 1/350 HMS Royal Navy Destroyer Zulu 1941

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

HMS Zulu was a tribal class British destroyer, built in Glasgow by A. Stephens & Sons, her keel laid down on August 10th, 1936 and launched on September 23, 1937. She was launched with boilers and funnels in place, and this gave her the reputation of a lucky ship. Commissioned on 7th September, 1938.

Just after she was completed, the HMS Zulu moved in the 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 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 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 the HMS Zulu couldn't move any more. HMS Croome took off the most part of HMS Zulu's crew, and HMS Hursley took her in tow. But the British destroyer was sinking: just a hundred miles away from Alexandria she was bombed by an enemy aircraft, suddenly rolled to starboard and sank. 12 men of the crew died and 27 more were missing.

The completed model length measures about 328.3mm long and the beam is about 15.9mm long. Parts come molded in gray. Includes photo-etched parts and decals.