| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | T 27 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 20 Dec 1934 |
| Commissioned | 1935 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in January 1935. Sold on 9 April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Sapphire (T 27)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Campbell Hulton, RN | 14 Jun 1939 | 19 Jun 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Frederick Ralph Holland Swann, RNVR | 19 Jun 1940 | 26 Oct 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. William Hammond Forster, RNR | 26 Oct 1941 | mid 1942 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Edward George le Gassick Berry, RNVR | mid 1942 | 9 Nov 1944 |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alan Edward Burrell, RNVR | 9 Nov 1944 |
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Notable events involving Sapphire include:
30 Jan 1941
HMS Unbeaten (Lt. E.A. Woodward, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portsmouth with HMS Sapphire (T/Lt. F.R.H. Swann, RNVR) and HMS Kingston Amber (A/Skr.Lt. J. Flett, RNR). (1)
6 Oct 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Virginia (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Dobson, RNR), HMS Vetch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.J. Beverley, DSO, DSC, RNR), HMS Duncton (T/Lt. J.P. Kilbee, RNR), HMS Marigold (Lt. J.A.S. Halcrow, RD, RNR), HMS Sapphire (T/Lt. E.G.le G. Berry, RNVR), HMS Gardenia (T/Lt. M.M. Firth, RNVR) and HMS Convolvulus (A/Lt.Cdr. R.F.R. Yarde-Buller, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/17106
- ADM 173/17254
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.