HMS Zebra (1895)

Class overview
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded bySwordfish class
Succeeded byQuail class
Built1894–1895
In commission1900–1914
Completed1
Scrapped1
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Zebra
Ordered7 February 1894
BuilderThames Iron Works, Bow Creek
Laid down1 July 1894
Launched13 December 1895
CommissionedJanuary 1900
FateSold for scrap, 30 July 1914
General characteristics [1]
Class and typenone
Displacement
  • 310 long tons (310 t) light
  • 365 long tons (371 t) full load
Length
  • 204 ft 6 in (62.33 m) oa
  • 200 ft (61 m) pp
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power4,800 ihp (3,600 kW)
Propulsion
Speed27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h) (trials)
Complement50[2]
Armament
  • [3]
  • 1 × 12-pdr gun
  • 5 × 6-pdr guns
  • 2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Zebra was a "Twenty-seven Knotter" destroyer of the Royal Navy, later classified as part of the A Class. Zebra was built by Thames Iron Works and launched in 1895 as the fifth Royal Navy ship to be named Zebra. Entering service in 1900, Zebra was sold for scrap in 1914.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lyon p91 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference brassey02 p274 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 91