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''Sable'' joined the [[Grand Fleet]]'s {{UK-DF|15}} in December, 1916.{{SMNLDec16|p. 12}}
''Sable'' joined the [[Grand Fleet]]'s {{UK-DF|15}} in December, 1916.{{SMNLDec16|p. 12}}


She was rammed in the Captain's cabin by squadron mate {{UK-Salmon}} in 1917 when the destroyers were proceeding in fog at 20 knots, despite each ship throwing its helm over and backing one engine hard to assist.  [[Hugh Joseph Woodward|Woodward]], in command of ''Sable'' shouted to [[Lionel George Dawson|Dawson]] to "keep your stem in the hole," but the ships separated.  Dawson deemed it fortunate that his ship struck just aft of ''Sable's'' main engine room, whose large volume may have meant her loss.  The two returned to Rosyth, ''Sable'' with her quarter deck nearly awash, to be docked in the same dock.  Their undocking was delayed by a day or two by damage ''Salmon'' sustained when a horse and cart fell into the dock, apparently through an error by the carter.  The horse was killed by the accident.{{DawsonFlotillas|pp. 199-201}}
She was rammed in the Captain's cabin by squadron mate {{UK-1Salmon}} in 1917 when the destroyers were proceeding in fog at 20 knots, despite each ship throwing its helm over and backing one engine hard to assist.  [[Hugh Joseph Woodward|Woodward]], in command of ''Sable'' shouted to [[Lionel George Dawson|Dawson]] to "keep your stem in the hole," but the ships separated.  Dawson deemed it fortunate that his ship struck just aft of ''Sable's'' main engine room, whose large volume may have meant her loss.  The two returned to Rosyth, ''Sable'' with her quarter deck nearly awash, to be docked in the same dock.  Their undocking was delayed by a day or two by damage ''Salmon'' sustained when a horse and cart fell into the dock, apparently through an error by the carter.  The horse was killed by the accident.{{DawsonFlotillas|pp. 199-201}}


''Sable'' was re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 17 October, 1919.{{NLMar20|p. 860}}
''Sable'' was re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 17 October, 1919.{{NLMar20|p. 860}}
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Completed to Special Complement at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1921.{{NLApr25|p. 267}}
Completed to Special Complement at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1921.{{NLApr25|p. 267}}
Reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 267}}
Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, ''Sable'' was named as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.{{ToL|More Destroyers to be Scrapped|Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=11 December, 1916<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|end=12 July, 1917<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=11 December, 1916<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|end=12 July, 1917<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Joseph Woodward|nick=Hugh J. Woodward|appt=13 July, 1917<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''t''}}|end=late 1917<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Joseph Woodward|nick=Hugh J. Woodward|appt=13 July, 1917<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''t''}}|end=late 1917<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Edwin Matthews|nick=George E. Matthews|appt=31 October, 1917|end=18 October, 1918|note=died of influenza}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Blake Hoyle|nick=Edward B. Hoyle|appt=22 October, 1918<ref>Hoyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/272.|D7605027}} f. 287.</ref>{{NLMar20|p. 860}}|end=12 March, 1920<ref>Hoyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/272.|D7605027}} f. 287.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Blake Hoyle|nick=Edward B. Hoyle|appt=22 October, 1918<ref>Hoyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/272.|D7605027}} f. 287.</ref>{{NLMar20|p. 860}}|end=12 March, 1920<ref>Hoyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/272.|D7605027}} f. 287.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=1 September, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 859}}|end=20 January, 1922<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=1 September, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 859}}|end=20 January, 1922<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=20 January, 1922<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=2 November, 1922<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=20 January, 1922<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=2 November, 1922<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Alexander Willock|nick=William A. Willock|appt=2 November, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 267}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Alexander Willock|nick=William A. Willock|appt=2 November, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 267}}|end=14 October, 1924}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=14 October, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 267}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=14 October, 1924<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/208.|}} f. 208.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 267}}|end=19 November, 1925<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/208.|}} f. 208.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 8 February 2021

H.M.S. Sable (1916)
Pendant Number: G.91 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: Jul 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 28 Jun, 1916[5]
Completed: 30 Nov, 1916[6]
Sold: Aug, 1927[7]

H.M.S. Sable was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Sable joined the Grand Fleet's Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla in December, 1916.[8]

She was rammed in the Captain's cabin by squadron mate Salmon in 1917 when the destroyers were proceeding in fog at 20 knots, despite each ship throwing its helm over and backing one engine hard to assist. Woodward, in command of Sable shouted to Dawson to "keep your stem in the hole," but the ships separated. Dawson deemed it fortunate that his ship struck just aft of Sable's main engine room, whose large volume may have meant her loss. The two returned to Rosyth, Sable with her quarter deck nearly awash, to be docked in the same dock. Their undocking was delayed by a day or two by damage Salmon sustained when a horse and cart fell into the dock, apparently through an error by the carter. The horse was killed by the accident.[9]

Sable was re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 17 October, 1919.[10]

She was reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 12 March, 1920[11] and completed to reduced complement there on 1 September.[12]

Completed to Special Complement at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1921.[13]

Reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1925.[14]

Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, Sable was named as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 12.
  9. ↑ Dawson. Flotillas. pp. 199-201.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 860.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 859.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 859.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 267.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 267.
  15. ↑ "More Destroyers to be Scrapped." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7.
  16. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  17. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  18. ↑ Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397t.
  20. ↑ Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  21. ↑ Hoyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/272. f. 287.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 860.
  23. ↑ Hoyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/272. f. 287.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 859.
  25. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  26. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  27. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 267.
  29. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/208. f. 208.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 267.
  31. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/208. f. 208.

Bibliography


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