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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Zebra'', after the Zebra. * The first ''Zebra'' was a 14-gun sloop launched in 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. * The second ''Zebra'', launched in 1780, was an 18-gun sloop, converted to a bomb vessel, and sold in 1812. * The third ''Zebra'', launched in 1815, was the last of the 18-gun ''Cruizer'' class brig-sloops. She spent much of her career based at Port Jackson, Australia. She was wrecked on 2 December 1840 near Haifa. * A 16-gun brig-sloop was named ''Zebra'' in 1846 but renamed ''Jumna'' before being launched in 1848. * The fourth ''Zebra'', launched on 13 November 1860, was a sloop of the ''Cameleon'' class. She was scrapped in 1873. * The fifth ''Zebra'', launched on 3 December 1895, was the lead ship of her class of destroyers. She was sold for scrap in 1914. * A destroyer of the V and W class was to have been named ''Zebra'', but she was cancelled in 1919. * A destroyer of the W and Z class was to have been named ''Zebra'', but was renamed ''Wakeful'' on the stocks before being launched in 1943. * The sixth ''Zebra'' was a Z-class destroyer, originally named ''Wakeful'', but renamed on the stocks to make way for her sister ship. She was launched on 18 March 1944 at William Denny & Brothers shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland and commissioned on 13 October 1945. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Zebra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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