HMS Zebra (1815)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Zebra |
| Builder: | Bombay Dockyard |
| Launched: | November 18, 1815 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 2 December 1840 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 382 tons |
| Length: | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
| Complement: | 121 |
| Armament: | sixteen 32 pounder (15 kg) carronades two 6 pounder (3 kg) guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Zebra.
HMS Zebra, was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built in 1815, the last of the Cruizer class. She spent much of her career based at Port Jackson, Australia until she was wrecked on December 2, 1840 near Haifa.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
