HMS Zebra (1777)

HMS Zebra was the first ship to bear the name in the British Navy. She was a 14 gun ship sloop of the Swan class, launched on 8 April 1777. She was abandoned and blown up after going aground on 22 October 1778 at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War after only one year in service.

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Zebra
Ordered:	24 May 1776
Builder:	John Barnard, Nova Scotia Yard, Ipswich
Laid down:	July 1776
Launched:	8 April 1777
Commissioned:	April 1777
Fate:	Wrecked 18 October 1778
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	306 ​^35⁄94 bm
Length:	97 ft 0 in (29.6 m) (gundeck) 79 ft 6 in (24.2 m) (keel)
Beam:	26 ft 11 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 10.5 in (3.92 m)
Complement:	125
Armament:	14 x 6-pounder guns

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Zebra.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.