HMS Zebra (R81)
Service
- as HMS Zebra13 October 1944 — 12 February 1959324 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Zebra
- Pennant / hull number
- R81
- Namesake
- zebra
- Builder
- William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
- Ordered
- 12 February 1942
- Laid down
- 14 May 1942
- Launched
- 18 March 1944
- Commissioned
- 13 October 1944
- Fate
- Arrived in Newport for breaking up 12 February 1959 (1959)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
- Length
- 110.34 m (362 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.05 m (10 ft)
- Speed
- 37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
- Complement
- 185
- Main gun
- 114 mm (4.5 in)
HMS Zebra was a Z-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R81. She was named for zebra. Her keel was laid at William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton on 14 May 1942. Launched on 18 March 1944, she entered service on 13 October 1944.
Her class ran to seven ships. The class followed the U and V-class destroyer and was succeeded by the C-class destroyer (1943).
She displaced 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 185. Her main battery was of 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 324 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Twin steam turbines
- Armament
- 4 × QF 4.5 in guns
- 5 × 40 mm guns
- 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Zebra (R81) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: W Ralston (of Glasgow) — This photograph FL 9574 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons