HMS Salmon

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Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Salmon after the fish:^[1]^[2]

HMS Salmon (1895), launched in 1895, was a Salmon-class destroyer that was sold in 1911.
HMS Salmon (1916), launched 7 October 1916, was an R-class destroyer which fought in World War I, was renamed Sable in 1933 and scrapped in 1937.
HMS Salmon (N65), launched 30 April 1934, was an S-class submarine which fought in World War II and was lost, probably sunk by a mine, on 9 July 1940.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

↑ Colledge, J.J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Chatham Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-93514-907-1.
↑ Manning, Thomas Davys; Walker, Charles Frederick (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. p. 391. OCLC 780274698.

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HMS Salmon was an R-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The R class were an improvement on the previous M class with geared steam turbines to improve efficiency. Launched by Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn on 27 September 1916, Salmon joined the Grand Fleet. The destroyer escorted convoys between Britain and Scandinavia. At the end of the war, the vessel was allocated to the Home Fleet but was given a reduced crew in 1919 as there was no longer the need for so many active ships. On 2 December 1933, Salmon was renamed Sable, which ironically had previously been the name of another R-class destroyer that had collided with the vessel in 1917, but only served three years with the new name. The destroyer was sold as part-payment in exchange for the liner Majestic on 28 January 1937 and broken up.

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[1] Colledge, J.J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Chatham Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-93514-907-1.

[2] Manning, Thomas Davys; Walker, Charles Frederick (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. p. 391. OCLC 780274698.

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