Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb

The Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb was a destroyer built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy in 1938. During the invasion of Yugoslavia, two of her officers blew up and sunk her at Boka Kotorska on 17 April 1941 to prevent her capture.

Description and construction
The Beograd-class were developed from the French Simoun-class destroyers, and the second of class Zagreb was built by Jadranske Brodogaliste at Split, Yugoslavia, under French supervision. The ship had an overall length of 98 m, a beam of 9.45 m, and a normal draught of 3.18 m. According to Roger Chesneau, her standard displacement was 1210 LT and she displaced 1655 LT fully loaded, but Maurizio Brescia lists her full load displacement at 1800 LT. The crew consisted of 145 officers and enlisted men. The ship was powered by Parsons (Beograd Curtis) steam turbines driving two propellors, using steam generated by three Yarrow water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at 40000 shp and she was designed to reach a top speed of 38 kn.

Zagreb was armed with four single mount 120 mm guns, four twin mount 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, two machine guns and two triple mount 550 mm torpedo tubes. As built, she could also carry 30 naval mines. Zagreb was launched on 30 March 1938.

Career
In April 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded by the Axis powers, and Italian forces closed on Boka Kotorska. Faced with capture by the Italians, two junior officers, Milan Spasić and Sergej Mašera, blew up Zagreb and she sank. Spasić and Mašera were killed in the explosion.