ENV Zaros

Zaros was a battlecruiser built and operated by the Emrian Navy, she was the only ship of her class, the Zaros class. She was built at Heraklion Harbor, Heraklion, Crete; She was laid down on 7 July 1953 and launched on 1955. Completed on 3 November 1957, she was armed with a main battery of 8 E/55 20 cm guns on twin turrets, a battery of 8 TXI torpedoes on quadruple mounts and a battery of 10 Freveu S56 20mm cannons. 
On September 1959, ENV Zaros along with ENV Lynx and multiple other destroyers the blockaded the Strait of Gibraltar in order to halt SR vessels from entering the Mediterranean. Just a month later in October 1959, ENV Zaros along with her division were spotted by a SR scout plane. On the morning of October 9th, the division met gunfire from an SR carrier fleet. While most of the division sank, Zaros managed to sink the cruiser SRS Opus and escaped with Lynx with medium damage and was able to return to report of the oncoming SR fleet. From 1959 to 1960, Zaros spent her time repairing at the Port of Ebro. In 1960, Zaros participated in the Landings at Tripoli, sieging the city and leading to the surrender of AIC. In 1961, ENV Mirabeau along with Zaros was sortied with a fleet to bombard Sardinia, at around 400 km from Sardinia, she and her fleet met SRS Proiectum and her escorts at the Gulf of Hammamet. During this encounter, she sank cruiser SRS Caelum and destroyer SRS Imber. After being hit with several torpedoes, she ultimately sank in the Gulf of Hammamet. Out of 1,524 crew, 346 survived. 
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