Four ships of the
Royal Navy
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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 ship of the sixth rate (see rating system of the Royal Navy) that was smaller than a frigate (in practice, carr ...
. She was launched in 1806 and sold in 1816.
* 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.
* 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-ste ...
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 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