Z-class Destroyers Of The Israeli Navy
Z-class may refer to: * SR Z Class, a class of steam locomotive built by the Southern Railway in the United Kingdom * WAGR Z class, a class of diesel-mechanical locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways * W and Z-class destroyer, a class of destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944 *Z-Class Melbourne Tram The Z-class are single-unit bogie trams that operate on the Trams in Melbourne, Melbourne tram network. Between 1975 and 1983, 230 trams spanning three sub-classes were built by Commonwealth Engineering, Comeng, Dandenong. The design was based o ...

SR Z Class
The SR Z class was an 0-8-0T 3-cylinder tank engine designed by Richard Maunsell and intended for heavy shunting on the Southern Railway, the first eight entering into service in 1929. It was a successful design and would have been built in greater numbers, but an order for a further ten was cancelled in 1930 due to the reduction in freight traffic as a result of the Great Depression. Background The newly amalgamated Southern Railway needed a group of powerful shunting tank locomotives to work in its marshalling yards around London and on freight transfers between them. Robert Urie's G16 class 4-8-0 performed this task well, and further examples were on order in 1922, but Richard Maunsell considered the firebox to be too large and the superheater an unnecessary expense on such locomotives. He therefore cancelled the order in favour of a new design. Due to the requirement for heavy shunting, the design was provided with an 0-8-0 wheel arrangement to increase traction, whil ...
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WAGR Z Class
The Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) Z class was a class consisting of three lightweight six-wheeled diesel-mechanical locomotives which were active in Western Australia from November 1953 to January 1983 and which have since been preserved. History Ordered in 1951 by the WAGR as part of its post-war rehabilitation program, the Z class was ordered from the Drewry Car Company at a cost of £12,000 per locomotive, with their construction being subcontracted to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Ltd (RSH) of Newcastle, England. After the locomotives were built they were shipped from Britain to Australia, with ''Z1151'' arriving at Fremantle harbor on 26 September 1953. The remaining two Z class locomotives would arrive around five weeks later, where after they, alongside ''Z1151'', would enter service with the WAGR in November 1953. This was despite the fact that their delivery date had originally being set for September 1952. After entering service with the WAGR they wer ...
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W And Z-class Destroyer
The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning with "W-" and "Z-", respectively, although, like the preceding , two of the flotilla leaders were named after historical naval figures (as had been Royal Navy practice during the inter-war years). They were known as the 9th and 10th Emergency Flotilla, respectively and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. None were lost during World War II but INS ''Eilat'' (originally HMS ''Zealous'') was sunk during the Israel-Egypt conflict in October 1967 by Egyptian missile boats and the '' El Qaher'' (originally HMS ''Myngs'') of the Egyptian Navy was sunk at Berenice, Egypt on 16 May 1970 by Israeli Air Force aircraft during the War of Attrition. Design Repeats of the preceding U and V-class destroyers, with modified director structures. The Z class were armed with 4.5 inch guns.March, p.419. Ships W class ...
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