Zealous, 1864
Type: Central battery ironclad ; Armament 20 x 7 " x 6�-ton ML.
Laid down : Pembroke Dock 26 Oct 1859 ; Launched : 7 Mar 1864 ;
Disposal date or year : 1886
BM: 3716 tons ; Displacement: 6096 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 3448 hpi 800 h.p. ; Speed ; 11.7 knots ;
Notes:

After a design by E.J. Reed and the Controller's Dept. as a wooden-hulled, armoured, broadside ship of 6102 tons' displacement, and 3623 H.P.I. ; rigged. Maximum thickness of iron armour, 4� inches.

1860 Building.

Circa 1860-61 engines from the Robust (value �17,600), transferred to the Zealous.

1866 - 73 Flag Ship, Pacific.

29 Dec 1870 reported to be at Valparaiso.

1873-75 Guard ship Southampton.

1876 Laid up until scrapped.

1879 Unappropriated. Portsmouth. Officer borne in Asia.

Zealous, 1913-49
Type: Tug and Water Carrier ;
Displacement: 415 tons
Notes:

1918 Zealous renamed Zest.

NL Jan 1921 based at Rosyth.