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HMS Zebra (1895)
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HMS Zebra was the fifth ship to be the name and was the lead ship
Lead ship
The lead ship or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable military ships and larger civilian craft.-Overview:...
of the Zebra class of destroyers
Zebra class destroyer
Only one Zebra class destroyer, , served with the Royal Navy. She was built by the Thames Ironworks, displaced 310 tons and was 200 feet long. She was armed, as was common with ships of her type, with a twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes. Her White-Forster boilers produced 4,500 h.p...
. She was launched on 3 December 1895 and sold for scrap in 1914 after 19 years of service.