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Six ships of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Wizard
.
HMS
Wizard
(1805)
was a brig-sloop launched 1805 and sold October 1816.
HMS
Wizard
(1830)
was a
Cherokee
-class
brig-sloop
launched in May 1830 and wrecked 1859.
HMS
Wizard
(1860)
was a
Britomart
-class
gunboat
launched in August 1860 and scrapped 1879.
HMS
Wizard
(1889)
was a
Sharpshooter
-class
torpedo gunboat
launched in August 1889 and renamed HMS
Karakatta
in April 1890.
HMS
Wizard
(1895)
was a
Conflict
-class
destroyer
launched in February 1895 and sold in 1920.
HMS
Wizard
(R72)
was a
W-class destroyer
launched in September 1943. Later converted to a
Type 15 frigate
and scrapped in 1967
References
Colledge, J. J.
; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969].
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-86176-281-8
.
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