HMS Sabre
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Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Sabre after the weapon:
- HMS Sabre (1918) was an S-class destroyer launched on 23 September 1918 and sold for breaking up in November 1945.
- HMS Sabre (P275) was a 102-ton patrol boat launched on 21 April 1970 and was one of three boats making up the Fast Training Boat Squadron at Portland Harbour. The boat was sold in 1983.[1]
- HMS Sabre (P285) is a 16-metre Scimitar-class fast patrol boat. It was commissioned into the Gibraltar squadron on 31 January 2003 and is used for police, customs and rescue purposes.[2] It had previously been used in Northern Ireland since 1993 as MV Grey Wolf[3][4] and was based in Lough Neagh where it was manned by Royal Marines.[5]
