| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Z |
| Pennant | R 39 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 12 Feb 1942 |
| Laid down | 5 May 1943 |
| Launched | 28 Feb 1944 |
| Commissioned | 9 Oct 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Purchased by Israel 1955. Renamed K-40 INS Eilat. Sunk on 21 October 1967 while on patrol after being hit by Egyptian missile boats that were hiding inside the port of Port Said. 47 men lost. |
Commands listed for HMS Zealous (R 39)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Richard Frederick Jessel, DSO, DSC, RN | 20 Jul 1944 | 26 Jul 1946 |
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Notable events involving Zealous include:
16 Nov 1944
During the morning HMS Taciturn (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN) conducts A/S exercises with HMS Onslaught (Cdr. The Hon. A. Pleydell-Bouverie, RN) and HMS Zealous (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN). During the afternoon A/S exercises were carried out with ships from the local defence. (1)
17 Nov 1944
During the morning HMS Taciturn (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN) conducts A/S exercises with HMS Zealous (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Zodiac (Lt.Cdr. H.R. Rycroft, DSC, RN). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/18917
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.