Four ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have borne the name HMS ''Sabrina''. Another was planned but never completed:
* was an 18-gun
sloop, later classified as a 20-gun
post ship
Post ship was a designation used in the Royal Navy during the second half of the 18th century and the Napoleonic Wars to describe a sixth-rate ship (see rating system of the Royal Navy) that was smaller than a frigate (in practice, carrying ...
. She was launched in 1806 and sold in 1816.
* was a
schooner
A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...
in service in 1838.
* HMS ''Sabrina'' was to have been a wooden screw sloop. She was ordered in 1860 but subsequently cancelled in 1863.
* was a iron screw
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
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.
* was a
Yarrow Later M-class destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
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.
References
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Royal Navy ship names