Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 59 |
| Built by | Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 Oct, 1940 |
| Launched | 7 Mar, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27 Jun, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1954 and renamed Tromso.
Scrapped in 1965.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. John Valentine Wilkinson, RN
26 May 1942 – 9 February 1944
DSC awarded on 16 March 1943
A/Lt.Cdr. Christopher R. Bax, RN
9 February 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Zetland include: 30 Jan, 1943
HMS Zetland (Lt. J.V. Wilkinson, RN) part of the same convoy escort as HMS Samphire (Lt.Cdr. F.T. Renny, DSC, RNR) arrived back at the scene of the sinking after an asdic search for the submarine of about 20 minutes. They found men in the water, shouting and screaming. Zetland launched a boat but picked up only four survivors from HMS Samphire who were landed at Bone. |
