Zebra class destroyer
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Only one Zebra class destroyer, , served with the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
. She was built by the Thames Ironworks
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited was a shipyard and iron works straddling the mouth of Bow Creek at its confluence with the River Thames, at Leamouth Wharf on the west side and at Canning Town on the east side...
, displaced 310 tons and was 200 feet long. She was armed, as was common with ships of her type, with a twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes. Her White-Forster boilers produced 4,500 h.p. which gave her a top speed of 27 knots.