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

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.

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