page_title: HMS Zebra (1815)
section_title: Fate
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Zebra (1815) / Fate
caption_attribution_description: English: H.M.Brig Zebra Clearing Out 4th December 1840 Hand-coloured. H.M.Brig Zebra Clearing Out 4th December 1840
context_page_description: HMS Zebra, was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built of teak in the East India Company's Bombay Dockyard and launched in 1815 as the last of her class. She chased pirates in the Mediterranean, just missed the Battle of Navarino, sailed to East Indies, where she almost foundered, and on to Australia, chased Malay pirates, and was wrecked in 1840 during the Syrian War.
context_section_description: On 2 December 1840, a heavy gale drove Zebra ashore off Mount Carmel near Haifa and wrecked her. During the evening, three crewmen jumped into a gig in an attempt to escape, but drowned when it capsized. In the morning a foreyard was placed over the gunwale that permitted the rest of the crew to reach shore safely.
  The subsequent court martial on board Howe acquitted Stopford, his officers, and his crew of any negligence. Rather, the board complimented them on their seamanlike and intrepid conduct.
caption: Zebra clearing out on 4 December 1840
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