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She was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 5 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 267}} but re-commissioned there on 22 July, 1931.  By 1933, she seems idle, with just an engineer assigned to her.{{NLJan33|p. 270}}
 
She was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 5 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 267}} but re-commissioned there on 22 July, 1931.  By 1933, she seems idle, with just an engineer assigned to her.{{NLJan33|p. 270}}
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In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}
  
 
Reduced to Reserve on 12 September, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 272}}
 
Reduced to Reserve on 12 September, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 272}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robin Bruce Martin|nick=Robin B. Martin|appt=28 February, 1928|end=1 May, 1928|note=for passage to Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robin Bruce Martin|nick=Robin B. Martin|appt=28 February, 1928|end=1 May, 1928|note=for passage to Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=28 April, 1931<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>|end=26 June, 1931<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=28 April, 1931<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>|end=26 June, 1931<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Alonzo Stocker|nick=Eric A. Stocker|appt=13 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 267}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Alonzo Stocker|nick=Eric A. Stocker|appt=13 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 267}}|end=July, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Brian Dean|nick=Brian Dean|appt=15 November, 1937{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}|end=11 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Peter William Gretton|nick=Sir Peter W. Gretton|appt=11 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}|end=11 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Reginald Lacey Caple|nick=Reginald L. Caple|appt=11 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}|end=July 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Grenville Howard|nick=The Hon. Grenville Howard|appt=July 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}|end=June 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Cumming|nick=Thomas Cumming|appt=June 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4234}}}}
 
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Revision as of 09:36, 9 July 2019

H.M.S. Sabre (1918)
Pendant Number: G.56 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Alexander Stephen & Sons[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 23 Sep, 1918[4]
Completed: 9 Nov, 1918[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Sabre was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

Sabre was reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 24 August, 1920.[6]

She paid off into Maintenance Reserve on 30 March, 1928.[7]

She was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 5 May, 1931[8] but re-commissioned there on 22 July, 1931. By 1933, she seems idle, with just an engineer assigned to her.[9]

In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[10]

Reduced to Reserve on 12 September, 1936.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 267.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 266.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 267.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 270.
  10. "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 272.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 902.
  13. Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 860.
  15. This is a guess, based on a difficult to read Service Record.
  16. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  17. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 267.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


"S" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Simoom Scimitar Scotsman Scout Shark
Sparrowhawk Splendid Sabre Saladin Sikh
Sirdar Somme Success Shamrock Shikari
Senator Sepoy Seraph Swallow Swordsman
Steadfast Sterling Tribune Trinidad Tactician
Tara Tasmania Tattoo Scythe Seabear
Seafire Searcher Seawolf Sportive Stalwart
Tilbury Tintagel Sardonyx Stonehenge Stormcloud
Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
Thornycroft Specials
Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
Yarrow Specials
Torch Tomahawk Tryphon Tumult Turquoise
  Tuscan Tyrian  
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