Zebra 1900
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Zebra | Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall | 7.1894 | 3.12.1895 | 1.1900 | sold 7.1914 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
310 |
|
Displacement full, t |
365 |
|
Length, m |
62.4 oa 61.0 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
5.79 |
|
Draught, m |
2.29 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 3 White boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4800 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 68 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4) |
|
Complement |
54 |
Project history: Before the Havock had completed it was decided to order another six destroyers from Thornycroft and Yarrow. Another nine were ordered from other builders making up, a few months later, the 1893/94 Programme. Apart from a slight increase in size the main difference was that the gun armament was increased by 2 57mm guns. The first six (the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats) had a bow tube fitted, but it was found to throw up clouds of spray in anything except a flat calm, had a bad effect on seakeeping and was soon removed.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Zebra was used in experiments in April 1913 to test effect of 102mm lyddite shells on oil fuel, special tanks were fitted to simulate fuel tanks.
Zebra 1902
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