HMS Sabrina (1916)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sabrina |
| Ordered | July 1915 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow |
| Laid down | November 1915 |
| Launched | 24 July 1916 |
| Completed | September 1916 |
| Out of service | 5 November 1926 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Yarrow Later M-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 930 long tons (940 t) (normal) |
| Length | 273 ft 6 in (83.4 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 25 ft 7.5 in (7.8 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | 3 Yarrow boilers, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 1,860 nmi (3,440 km; 2,140 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 82 |
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HMS Sabrina was the first Yarrow Later M class, or Yarrow R class, destroyer and served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The Later M class was an improvement on those of the preceding Yarrow M class, with a narrower beam. Launched in 1916, Sabrina joined the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. The vessel was a participant in anti-submarine patrols as part of the flotilla, but did not engage any enemy warships. The Admiralty increasingly used more successful convoys rather than relying on destroyers finding the enemy on patrol. After the Armistice that ended the war, the destroyer was initially placed in reserve and participated in a naval exercise in 1920, before being sold to be broken up in 1926.