HMS Zebra

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zebra.

• The first Zebra was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1777. She was abandoned and blown up after going aground on October 22, 1778 at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War.
• The second Zebra, launched in 1780, was an 18-gun sloop, converted to a bomb vessel, and sold in 1812.
• The third Zebra, launched in 1815, was an 18 gun sloop, the last of the Cruizer class. She spent much of her career based at Port Jackson, Australia. She was wrecked on December 2, 1840 near Haifa.
• A 16-gun brig-sloop was named Zebra in 1846 but renamed Jumna before being launched in 1848.
• The fourth Zebra, launched on November 13, 1860, was a sloop of the Cameleon class. She was scrapped in 1873.
• The fifth Zebra, launched on December 3, 1895, was the lead ship of her class of destroyers. She was sold for scrap in 1914.
• A destroyer of the V and W class was to have been named Zebra, but she was cancelled in 1919.
• A destroyer of the W and Z class was to have been named Zebra, but was renamed Wakeful on the stocks before being launched in 1943.
• The sixth Zebra (R81) was a Z-class destroyer, originally named Wakeful, but renamed on the stocks to make way for Wakeful (R59). She was launched on March 18, 1944 at William Denny & Brothers shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland and commissioned on October 13, 1945.

[edit] References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.