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} |} HMS ''Zebra'' was a 16-gun (later 18-gun) ''Zebra''-class ship sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 August 1780 at Gravesend. She was the second ship to bear the name. After twenty years of service, including involvement in the West Indies campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars, she was converted into a bomb vessel in 1798. In this capacity she took part in attacks on French ports, and was present at both battles of Copenhagen. The Navy sold her in 1812. ==American Revolution== ''Zebra'' was built to a design by Edward Hunt, and launched and commissioned in August 1780 under Commander John Bourchier.〔 She then served in the Downs Squadron during the closing stages of the American Revolutionary War. On 10 February 1781 she was in company with when they captured the American privateer ''Revenge''. Then around 10 May she was in company with the sloop and the cutters and when they recaptured the ''Industry'', Chew, master, and the ''Jenny'', Dane, master. ''Zebra'' sent them into Dover.〔''Lloyd's List'', no. 1267,() - accessed 17 June 2014.〕 ''Zebra'' sailed for Jamaica on 10 February 1782.〔 On 14 April 1782 ''Zebra'' was with Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, the commander-in chief of the Leeward Islands station, at the Battle of the Saintes. She was in Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood's division. During fleet engagements, only large ships-of-the-line of over 50 guns traditionally took part in the battles and the small ''Zebra'' did not participate in a battle. Smaller vessels like ''Zebra'' would be used to relay messages, tow damaged ships out of the line or rescue seaman. On 28 June ''Zebra'', under the command of Commander John Loncraft, was in company with when they captured the American privateer ''Tartar''. Late in 1782 ''Zebra'' and escorted a fleet from Georgia "with the principal inhabitants, their Negroes, and their Effects" to Jamaica.〔''Lloyd's List'', no. 1415,() - accessed 17 June 2014.〕 On 19 January 1783 ''Zebra'' captured the brig ''Providence'' on the Leeward Islands. Commander E. Pakenham took command in April 1783 in the Leeward Islands.〔 She returned from the West Indies to the UK after 1783. From January to October 1786 she underwent repairs at Woolwich. Commander C. Boyles commissioned her 1787.〔 Then between April and May 1789 she underwent fitting for service it the Channel.〔 ''Zebra'' was recommissioned in August under Commander the Honourable Robert Forbes. In November 1790 she came under the command of Commander William Brown and sailed for the Mediterranean on 22 November.〔 From April to July 1793 she was back at Woolwich for repairs.〔 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 (1780)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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