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.