HMS Zebra (1777)

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Name: HMS Zebra
Builder: Barnard, Ipswich
Launched: 8 April 1777
Fate: Wrecked 1778
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 306 bm
Length: 97 ft (30 m)
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Armament: 14 guns

HMS Zebra was the first ship to bear the name. She was a 14 gun sloop. She was 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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