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How HMS Zubian combined two damaged destroyers

The First World War destroyer HMS Zubian joined surviving sections associated with Zulu and Nubian and thereafter held its own service identity.

Question

How were the Zulu and Nubian portions and later service credits of HMS Zubian understood?

Short answer

The combination is described as 50-50, and the completed ship's later credits belonged to HMS Zubian.

Notes

The First World War HMS Zubian was created by joining surviving sections associated with HMS Zulu and HMS Nubian. The joking question about the proportions receives a 50-50 answer. Later credits went to Zubian rather than being split between the predecessor names. This First World War Tribal-class story is explicitly distinguished from the Second World War HMS Nubian shown earlier.