Several ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name
HMS Zebra.
HMS Zebra, was a
brig launched in
1877.
She was abandoned and blown up after going aground on
October 22,
1878 at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, duing the
American Revolution.
HMS Zebra, 18, was last
sloop to be built of the Cruizer class, and built in
1815. She spent much of her career based at
Port Jackson[?],
Australia. She was wrecked on
December 2,
1840 near
Haifa.
- Displacement: 382 tons
- Length: 100 feet
- Beam: 30 feet 6 inches
- Complement: 121
- Armament: sixteen 32 pounder carronades, two 6 pounder guns
HMS Zebra, 17 was a
sloop of the Cameleon class
launched on
November 13,
1860. She was scapped in
1873.
HMS Zebra was the lead ship of the Zebra class of
destroyers. She was
launched on
December 3,
1895 and sold for scrap in
1914.
HMS Zebra, (R81), was a Z-class
destroyer. She was launched on
March 18,
1944 at
William Denny & Brothers[?] shipyard in
Dumbarton[?],
Scotland and
commissioned on
October 13,
1945.
- Displacement: 1710 tons
- Length: 362 feet 9 inches
- Beam: 35 feet 8 inches
- Draft: 10 feet
- Complement: 185
- Armament: Four 4.5 inch guns, Eight 21 inch torpedo tubes
- Propulsion: Twin steam turbines
- Speed: 37 knots maximum