HMS Wolverine

Last updated October 20, 2021

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wolverine, or the alternative spelling Wolverene, after the wolverine:

HMS Wolverine (1798) was a 14-gun brig-sloop, previously the civilian collier Rattler. She was purchased and converted in 1798 and sunk in action in 1804.
HMS Wolverine (1805) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1816.
HMS Wolverine (1836) was a 16-gun Racer-class brig-sloop launched in 1836 and wrecked in 1855.
HMS Wolverine (1863) was a Jason-class wooden screw corvette launched in 1863. She was sent to Australia as a training ship in 1881, and then converted to a mercantile barque. She sailed to Australia in 1895 but defects were discovered and she was hulked there.
HMS Wolverine (1910) was a Beagle-class destroyer. launched in 1910 and sunk in a collision in 1917.
HMS Wolverine (D78) was a V and W-class destroyer launched in 1919 and sold for scrapping in 1946.

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.

Related Research Articles

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Imogen or HMS Imogene. A seventh was planned but never built:

Several ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Orestes, after the mythical son of Agamemnon, who avenged his father's murder:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:

Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedy:

Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Druid, after the Druids of Celtic polytheism, whilst another was planned:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Avon. Avon comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Star or HMS Starr:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Martin

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Otter, after the otter.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Savage:

Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.