HMS Sabre explained

Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Sabre after the weapon:

• was an launched on 23 September 1918 and sold for breaking up in November 1945.
• 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]
• is a 16-metre 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: HMS Sabre . Battleships-Cruisers . 2008-11-23.
2. Web site: Gibraltar Squadron - Introduction and History . 2008-11-23 . Royal Navy website., which gives the former name of HMS Sabre (P285) as Greywolf
3. Web site: HMS Sabre . Royal Navy website . 2008-11-23 .
4. gives the former name of HMS Sabre as HMS Grey Fox, in contradiction to the MOD website which says that MV Grey Fox was the former name of HMS Scimitar
5. News: The sharp side of the Rock . Navy News . Royal Navy . April 2007 . 12 . 2008-11-23.