HMS Zebra (1815)

HMS Zebra entering Marsamxett Harbour, Malta
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Zebra
Ordered	2 October 1812
Builder	Bombay Dockyard; master shipwright Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia
Laid down	9 November 1814
Launched	18 December 1815
Fate	Wrecked, 2 December 1840
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	385 15⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft 3 in (30.6 m) (overall); 77 ft 5 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 7 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Zebra, was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built of teak in the East India Company's Bombay Dockyard and launched in 1815 as the last of her class. She chased pirates in the Mediterranean, just missed the Battle of Navarino, sailed to East Indies, where she almost foundered, and on to Australia, chased Malay pirates, and was wrecked in 1840 during the Syrian War.