Capture of Fort Saint Louis, Martinique, 1794, with HMS Zebra in the foreground and HMS Asia in the background, as depicted by William Anderson
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Zebra |
Ordered | 6 August 1779 |
Builder | William Cleverley, Gravesend |
Laid down | October 1779 |
Launched | 31 August 1780 |
Completed | 11 November 1780 |
Commissioned | August 1780 |
Reclassified | Bomb vessel in 1798 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sold on 13 August 1812 |
General characteristics [4] | |
Class and type | Zebra-class sloop |
Tons burthen | 320 7⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 27 ft 5+1⁄4 in (8.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) |
Complement |
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Armament |
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HMS Zebra was a 16-gun (later 18-gun) Zebra-class sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 August 1780 at Gravesend. She was the second ship to bear the name. After twenty years of service, including involvement in the West Indies campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars, she was converted into a bomb vessel in 1798. In this capacity she took part in attacks on French ports, and was present at both battles of Copenhagen. The Navy sold her in 1812.