HMS Zebra (1895)

Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Swordfish class
Succeeded by	Quail class
Built	1894–1895
In commission	1900–1914
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Zebra
Ordered	7 February 1894
Builder	Thames Iron Works, Bow Creek
Laid down	1 July 1894
Launched	13 December 1895
Commissioned	January 1900
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 July 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	none
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;
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	4,800 ihp (3,600 kW)
Propulsion	3 × White water tube boilers; 2× multiple expansion steam engines driving 2 shafts;
Speed	27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h) (trials)
Complement	50
Armament	; 1 × 12pdr 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.

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