HMS Zebra (1860)

HMS Zebra was the fourth ship to bear the name. She was a wooden-hulled screw-driven sloop of the Camelion class, launched on 13 November 1860, and was sold 13 years later in 1873.

HMS Rinaldo, a sister-ship of Zebra
History
Name: HMS Zebra
Builder: Royal Dockyard, Deptford
Launched: 13 November 1860
Fate: Sold out of service, 28 August 1873
General characteristics
Class and type: Camelion-class sloop
Displacement: 1,365 tons
Length: 185 ft 0 in (56.4 m)
Beam: 33 ft 0 in (10.1 m)
Draught: 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Installed power: 200 hp
Propulsion:
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail plan: Barque-rigged
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h)
Complement: 180
Armament:
  • 5 × 40-pdr breech-loading guns
  • 12 × 32-pdr muzzle-loading guns

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.
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