Allied Warships

HMS Zebra (R 81)

Destroyer of the Z class

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)