Ju 88s of Lehrgeschwader 1. Dead in the water, on fire and with 63 killed she was scuttled by gunfire and torpedoes from Zulu. Aircraft continued to attack Zulu and she was badly damaged and left without engine power an hour later. According to her commanding officer, the attack was carried out by a combination of Ju 88s and Ju 87s. The type II Hunt-class destroyer, HMS Croome came alongside to take off the surviving personnel, save for a towing party and Zulu was taken under tow by HMS Hursley. By 19:00 hours and a hundred miles from Alexandria, it was clear she was sinking and the towing party was recovered after a strafing pass by an enemy aircraft. Soon after, Zulu rolled to starboard and sank in position . Across both attacks, twelve men were killed, twenty-seven were missing and one was wounded. Notes References External links Uboat.net HMS Cavalier.org HMS Zulu (F18) at Wrecksite.eu www.Unit histories.com White, Richard Taylor Tribal-class destroyers (1936) of the Royal Navy Ships built on the River Clyde 1937 ships World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Maritime incidents in September 1942 Destroyers sunk by aircraft Ships sunk by German aircraft