Six ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
have been named HMS ''Wizard''.
* was a brig-sloop launched 1805 and sold October 1816.
* was a launched in May 1830 and wrecked 1859.
* was a launched in August 1860 and scrapped 1879.
* was a launched in August 1889 and renamed HMS ''Karakatta'' in April 1890.
* was a launched in February 1895 and sold in 1920.
* was a
W-class destroyer launched in September 1943. Later converted to a
Type 15 frigate
The Type 15 frigate was a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. They were conversions based on the hulls of World War II-era destroyers built to the standard War Emergency Programme "utility" design.
History
By 1945 the wa ...
and scrapped in 1967
References
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Royal Navy ship names