HMS Sabrina (1916)

Sabrina was laid down by Yarrow at their shipyard in Scotstoun, Glasgow, in November 1915, launched on 24 July 1916 and completed during September the same year.^[11] The ship was the fifth of the name in service with the Royal Navy.^[12] The vessel was deployed as part of the Grand Fleet, joining the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla.^[13] On 22 November, the flotilla took part in exercises north of the Shetland Islands under the dreadnought Iron Duke that also involved the majority of the First and Third Battle Squadrons.^[14]

Between 15 and 24 June 1917, the flotilla took part in anti-submarine patrols east of the Shetland Islands.^[15] Sabrina claimed to have spotted a submarine on the surface on 24 June but was unable to mount a successful attack. More successful was the use of convoys. After a convoy of 13 ships had been attacked by the German submarine U-19, Sabrina, along with fellow-destroyer Trenchant, managed to corral the dispersed ships, which then avoided any more losses. Overall, out of the 117 ships that sailed the route to and from Scandinavia during the operation, only four were sunk.^[16] The Admiralty increasingly redeployed the destroyers of the Grand Fleet to escorting.^[17] Nonetheless, on 15 October, Sabrina formed part of a large-scale operation, involving 30 cruisers and 54 destroyers deployed in eight groups across the North Sea in an attempt to stop a suspected sortie by German naval forces.^[18] Despite these measures, the German light cruisers Bremse and Brummer managed to attack the regular convoy between Norway and Britain two days later, sinking two destroyers, Mary Rose and Strongbow, and nine merchant ships before returning safely to Germany.^[19]

After the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended the war, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and the amount of personnel in service needed to be reduced to save money.^[20] Sabrina' was placed in reserve at the Nore.^[21] On 5 July 1920, the vessel participated in a exercise for the reserve led by the flotilla leader Abdiel.^[22] In July 1923, the Navy decided to scrap many of the older destroyers in preparation for the introduction of newer and larger vessels.^[23] On 22 September 1925, Sabrina was one of 22 destroyers that were chosen to be scrapped.^[24] On 5 November 1926, the warship was retired and sold to Cashmore to be broken up at Newport.^[25]

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