Name HMS Zebra Laid down July 1776 Construction started July 1776 | Ordered 24 May 1776 Commissioned April 1777 Launched 8 April 1777 | |
Fate Wrecked 18 October 1778 | ||
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.
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