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HMS ''Zebra'' was a "Twenty-seven Knotter" destroyer of the Royal Navy, later classified as part of the A Class. ''Zebra'' was built by Thames Iron Works and launched in 1895 as the fifth Royal Navy ship to be named ''Zebra''. Entering service in 1900, ''Zebra'' was sold for scrap in 1914. ==Construction== HMS ''Zebra'' was ordered on 7 February 1894 from Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London as part of the British Admiralty's 1893–1894 shipbuilding programme, one of 36 "Twenty-seven Knotter" destroyers ordered from 14 different shipbuilders for this programme.〔Lyon 2001, p. 19.〕〔Lyon 2001, p. 91.〕 These destroyers were not of a standard design, with the Admiralty laying down broad requirements, including a trial speed of , a "turtleback" forecastle and a standard armament of a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt ( calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.〔Lyon 2001, p. 20.〕〔Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.〕〔Friedman 2009, p. 40.〕 Thames Iron Work's design had three funnels, with the forward funnel widely separated from the other two, with one of the two torpedo tubes positioned in this gap. Three White water-tube boilers fed four-cylinder reciprocating steam engines rated at and driving two shafts.〔〔Friedman 2009, pp. 44–45.〕 ''Zebra'' was laid down on 1 July 1894 and launched on 13 December 1895. Thames Iron Works was relatively inexperienced in building torpedo craft (it had previously built the hull of a single torpedo boat as a subcontractor for Maudslay, Sons and Field (who supplied the engines for ''Zebra'') and it took a long time for the ship to be completed and to complete trials (where she eventually reached the contract speed of 27 knots〔Brassey 1902, p. 274.〕), not being accepted by the Navy until January 1900.〔 ''Zebra'' was not particularly successful in service and no further orders for destroyers were placed with Thames Iron Works from many years.〔 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 (1895)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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