// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did HMS Wave say to its friend? Sea you later.
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
Non-commissioned craft
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Colledge, J. J. (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: an Historical Index, Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 383.
- ↑ "Hongkong Shipyards Among World's Busiest". Hong Kong Telegraph. 12 September 1939. Retrieved 21 September 2024 – via The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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