Service
Commander Robert Forbes commissioned Zebra in December 1815 to sail her to England. However, Philip Henry Bridges was acting commander of Zebra from December 1815-November 1816, when he was promoted into Challenger. In May 1816, she arrived in Madras from Calcutta, and by August she was at Simon's Bay where she and Révolutionnaire were stranded and almost destroyed by a terrible hurricane. By 14 December 1816, she had reached Portsmouth where she was paid off into ordinary, where she stayed until 1825. In February 1825, she was recommissioned for the Mediterranean — under Commander Edward R. Williams — and sailed in May.
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