HMS Sable
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Sable after the small carnivorous mammal:
- HMS Sable (1916) was R-class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1927.
- HMS Sable (1933) was another R-class destroyer, originally named HMS Salmon and also launched in 1916. The vessel was renamed HMS Sable in 1933 and arrived at Hayle for breaking up in March 1937.
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.