HMS Sabrina

Last updated November 10, 2021

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sabrina. Another was planned but never completed:

HMS Sabrina (1806) was an 18-gun Cormorant-class sloop, later classified as a 20-gun post ship. She was launched in 1806 and sold in 1816.
HMS Sabrina (1838) was a schooner in service in 1838.
HMS Sabrina was to have been a wooden screw sloop. She was ordered in 1860 but subsequently cancelled in 1863.
HMS Sabrina (1876) was a Medina-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1876. She became a diving tender in 1916 and was renamed HMS Sabine, and then HMS Vivid in 1920. She was sold in 1922.
HMS Sabrina (1916) was a Yarrow Later M-class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1926.

The yacht Sabrina (built 1899, 379 GRT) was taken into service as HM Yacht Sabrina on 5 February 1915 and equipped with one 12-pdr gun and one 6-pdr gun. She was renamed to HM Yacht Sabrina II in December of that year.^[1]

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References

↑ Gordon, Smith (2 May 2014). "AUXILIARY PATROL VESSELS, Part 1, Yachts to Trawlers". naval-history.net. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

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[1] Gordon, Smith (2 May 2014). "AUXILIARY PATROL VESSELS, Part 1, Yachts to Trawlers". naval-history.net. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

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