HMS Wager

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wager. Another was planned but later cancelled:

• HMS Wager (1739) was a 24-gun sixth rate purchased in 1739 and wrecked in 1741.
• HMS Wager (1744) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1763.
• HMS Wager was to have been a modified W class destroyer. She was laid down in 1918 but was cancelled later that year.
• HMS Wager (R98) was a W class destroyer launched in 1943. She was sold to the Yugoslav Navy in 1956 and renamed Pula, and was withdrawn from service in 1971. More information about the ship, the ship's company and photographs of both may be found at www.hms-wager.org.uk.