HMS Waveney

Last updated December 30, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Waveney, after the River Waveney:

HMS Waveney (1903) was a River-class destroyer launched in 1903 and sold in 1920.
HMS Waveney (K248) was a River-class frigate launched in 1942 and broken up in 1947.
HMS Waveney (M2003) was a River-class minesweeper launched in 1983. She was sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 1994 and was renamed Shapla.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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