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Six ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS Zebra , after the
Zebra .
HMS Zebra (1777) was a 14-gun
sloop launched in 1777. She was abandoned and blown up after going aground on 22 October 1778 at
Little Egg Harbor ,
New Jersey , during the
American Revolutionary War .
HMS Zebra (1780) , launched in 1780, was an 18-gun sloop, converted to a bomb vessel, and sold in 1812.
HMS Zebra (1815) , launched in 1815, was the last of the 18-gun
Cruizer -class
brig-sloops . She spent much of her career based at
Port Jackson ,
Australia . 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.
HMS Zebra (1860) , launched on 13 November 1860, was a sloop of the
Camelion class . She was scrapped in 1873.
HMS Zebra (1895) , launched on 3 December 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.
HMS Zebra (R81) 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.
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