Six ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Zebra'', after the
Zebra.
* was a 14-gun
sloop
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launched in 1777. She was abandoned and blown up after going aground on 22 October 1778 at
Little Egg Harbor
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The bay is part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The historical s ...
,
New Jersey, during the
American Revolutionary War.
* , launched in 1780, was an 18-gun sloop, converted to a bomb vessel, and sold in 1812.
* , launched in 1815, was the last of the 18-gun s. She spent much of her career based at
Port Jackson,
Australia
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. She was wrecked on 2 December 1840 near
Haifa.
* A 16-gun brig-sloop was named ''Zebra'' in 1846 but renamed ''Jumna'' before being launched in 1848.
* , launched on 13 November 1860, was a sloop of the . She was scrapped in 1873.
* , launched on 3 December 1895, was the
lead ship of
her class of
destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
s. 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 on the stocks before being launched in 1943.
* was a
Z-class destroyer, originally named ''Wakeful'', but renamed on the stocks to make way for her sister ship. She was launched on 18 March 1944 at
William Denny & Brothers shipyard in
Dumbarton,
Scotland and
commissioned on 13 October 1945.
References
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Royal Navy ship names