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.
HMS Zebra entering Marsamxett Harbour, Malta
Painting of Sir Edward Codrington
The Boats of HM frigates Carysfort and Zebra with 50 Royal Marines, commanded by Lieut. R. H. Harrison, Royal Marines, attacking the castle of Tortosa, 25 September 1840
From left:HMS Vesuvius, Zebra, and Pique during the storm
HMS Challenger was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched at Redbridge, Southampton, in 1813. She participated in the capture of a French privateer and then sailed to the East Indies. She was laid up in 1819 and sold in 1824.
Destruction of the Flibustier Octr 13th 1813. From a sketch by Captn Scriven, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich