HMS Waveney

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

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HMS <i>Waveney</i> (1903)

HMS Waveney was a Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Waveney in eastern England, she was the first ship of the Royal Navy to carry this name.

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Charwell, after the River Cherwell, a tributary of the River Thames:

Waveney may refer to:

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