Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Z |
Pennant | R 81 |
Built by | William Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) |
Ordered | 12 Feb 1942 |
Laid down | 14 May 1942 |
Launched | 8 Mar 1944 |
Commissioned | 13 Oct 1944 |
End service | |
History | Scrapped at Newport 12 February 1959. |
Former name | HMS Wakeful |
Commands listed for HMS Zebra (R 81)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Copson Peake, RN | 15 Aug 1944 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Zebra include:
25 Oct 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Zebra (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Peake, RN). (1)
28 Oct 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Zebra (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Peake, RN). (1)
31 Oct 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Zebra (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Peake, RN) and HMS Scorpion (Cdr. C.W. McMullen, DSC, RN). (1)
6 Nov 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Zebra (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Peake, RN). (2)
29 May 1945
HMS Vagabond (Lt. I.M. Stoop, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off Scapa Flow with HMS Zebra (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Peake, RN). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19410
- ADM 173/19411
- ADM 173/20221
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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