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HMS Zebra (1815)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Zebra.
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.
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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) |
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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 |
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