| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty S |
| Pennant | H 26 |
| Built by | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | Jun 1917 |
| Laid down | 25 Mar 1918 |
| Launched | 27 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jul 1919 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped in June 1945. Commanding Officers: HMS Sardonyx was in Dockyard Control during refit Lt.Cdr. Robert Basil Stewart Tennant, RN Lt.Cdr. Alfred Francis Colenso Gray, RNR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward Playne, RNVR A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Aitken Easton, RNVR Lt.Cdr. Leslie Frederick Lewis Hill, RNR T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Patt, DSC, RNR HMS Sardonyx is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Sardonyx (H 26)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. William Alan Frank Hawkins, RN | 17 Jan 1939 | Dec 1939 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Basil Stewart Tennant, RN | 9 May 1940 | 14 Apr 1942 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Alfred Francis Colenso Gray, RNR | 14 Apr 1942 | Jul 1943 | |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward Playne, RNVR | Jul 1943 | Feb 1944 | |
| 5 | A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Aitken Easton, RNVR | Feb 1944 | Nov 1944 | |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Leslie Frederick Lewis Hill, RNR | Nov 1944 | 19 Jun 1945 | |
| 7 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Eric Robert Pate, DSC, RNR | 19 Jun 1945 | ||
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Noteable events involving Sardonyx include:
28 Sep 1942
HMS Sardonyx (Lt.Cdr. A.F.C. Gray, RNR) picks up 42 survivors from the American merchant Yorktown that was torpedoed and sunk on 26 September 1942 by the German submarine U-619 about 550 nautical miles west of Butt of Lewis in position 55º10'N, 18º50'W.