HMS Wave
Appearance
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wave:
- HMS Wave (1856) an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856, renamed Clinker in 1882 and sold in 1890
- HMS Wave (1882) a tender purchased in 1882 and sold in 1907
- HMS Wave (1914) a despatch vessel purchased in 1914, renamed Wayward in 1919 and foundered under tow in 1922
- HMS Wave a W-class destroyer cancelled in 1918
- HMS Wave (J385) an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1962
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.