HMS Sable
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Sable after the small carnivorous mammal:
- HMS Sable was R class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1927.
- HMS Sable 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. OCLC 67375475.
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