Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb

Zagreb's sister ship Beograd (right) and Dubrovnik (left) in the Bay of Kotor after being captured by Italy
History
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Name	Zagreb
Namesake	Zagreb
Launched	30 March 1938
Commissioned	August 1939
Out of service	17 April 1941
Fate	Scuttled by crew on 17 April 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Beograd-class destroyer
Displacement	1,210 tonnes (1,190 long tons) (standard) 1,655 tonnes (1,629 long tons) (full load)
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.45 m (31 ft)
Draught	3.18 m (10 ft 5 in)
Installed power	3 × Yarrow water-tube boilers 40,000–44,000 shp (30,000–33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts Parsons steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	145
Armament	4 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 2 × triple 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes 2 × machine guns 30 naval mines

Zagreb was the second of three Beograd-class destroyers built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy (KM) in the late 1930s. She was designed to be deployed as part of a division led by the flotilla leader Dubrovnik and was the first warship built in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Zagreb entered service in August 1939, was armed with a main battery of four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in single mounts, and had a top speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph).

Yugoslavia entered World War II when the German-led Axis powers invaded in April 1941. On 17 April, Zagreb was scuttled by two of her officers at the Bay of Kotor to prevent her capture by approaching Italian forces. Both officers were killed by the explosion of the scuttling charges. A 1967 French film, Flammes sur l'Adriatique (Adriatic Sea of Fire), told the story of her demise and the deaths of the two officers. In 1973, on the thirtieth anniversary of the formation of the Yugoslav Navy, both men were posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero by President Josip Broz Tito.