her stern blown off by a naval mine near Dunkirk on 8 November 1916 and was towed to Calais. Both wrecks were towed to Chatham Dockyard and Zulus bow was joined to the midsection and stern of Nubian. The resulting destroyer was given the portmanteau name Zubian. This ship served until the end of the war, sinking the mine-laying U-boat on 4 February 1918 off the coast of Essex. Fate Zubian was broken up at Sunderland in 1919. Notes Citations Bibliography Tribal-class destroyers (1905) Ships built in Southampton 1909 ships World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom Maritime incidents in 1916 Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company