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W and Z destroyer survival and the loss of INS Eilat

The two flotillas survived the Second World War. One of their ships was later lost in Israeli service.

Notes

These classes made up the ninth and tenth war emergency flotillas. None of their ships was lost during the Second World War. The later example appears to be INS Eilat, the former HMS Zealous, though the captioned ship names are unclear. Her loss in a clash with Egypt in 1967 illustrates how some of the emergency destroyers remained in service long enough to fight in later wars.