| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Z |
| Pennant | R 19 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons |
| Ordered | 12 Feb 1942 |
| Laid down | 13 Jul 1942 |
| Launched | 15 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 6 Sep 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Dunston on 2 July 1958. Commanding Officers: Capt. John Hamilton Allison, DSO, RN Lt.Cdr. Cuthbert Richard Purse, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Zephyr (R 19)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, DSC, RN | 18 Jul 1944 | 15 Dec 1944 |
| 2 | Capt. John Hamilton Allison, DSO, RN | 15 Dec 1944 | 25 Jun 1945 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Cuthbert Richard Purse, DSC, RN | 25 Jun 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Zephyr include:
31 Dec 1944
On 31 Dec, 1944, the British destroyer HMS Zephyr (Lt.Cdr. J.F.D. Bush, DSC and 2 Bars, RN) was slightly damaged by an explosion west of the Pentland Firth. According to British reports this was very likely caused by a floating mine and not by a torpedo. U-1020 was long believed to have hit the destroyer.