HMS Wasp

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wasp:

• Wasp was an 8-gun sloop launched in 1749. She was sold in 1781.
• Wasp was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1780. She was used as a fireship in 1798 and expended in 1800.
• Wasp was originally a French 16-gun cutter called Espion. She was captured in 1782 and sold in 1784.
• Wasp was a 4-gun gunvessel purchased in 1794 from the Dutch. She was sold in 1801.
• Wasp was originally a French 14-gun sloop captured in 1800. She was sold in 1811.
• Wasp was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1812. She was broken up in 1847.
• Wasp was a wood screw sloop launched in 1850. She was sold in 1869.
• Wasp was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1880. She was wrecked in 1884 and finally sold in 1910.
• Wasp was a torpedo boat launched in 1884. She was sold circa 1906.
• Wasp was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1886. She foundered 1887 after leaving Singapore

• HMS Wasp was a Coastal Forces shore establishment at Dover during World War II^[1]

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.