Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer R98

HMS Wager (R98)

W-class destroyer

HMS Wager (R98)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 8784 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — R98 Photograph of British W class destroyer HMS Wager, on completion.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Wager14 April 1944 — October 1956506 days of the war
  2. Yugoslav Navy as PulaOctober 1956 — 1971
W-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Wager
Pennant / hull number
R98
Namesake
HMS Wager(1739)
Builder
John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Ordered
December 1941
Laid down
20 November 1942
Launched
1 November 1943
Commissioned
14 April 1944
Fate
Decommissioned in 1971 and sold for scrapping (1971)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
Length
110.57 m (362.8 ft) OA
Beam
10.9 m (35.8 ft)
Draught
3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Range
4,675 nmi (8,658 km)
Complement
225
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

HMS Wager was a W-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R98. She was named for HMS Wager. John Brown & Company, Clydebank laid her keel on 20 November 1942. Launched on 1 November 1943, she entered service on 14 April 1944.

She displaced 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.6 m (363 ft) long with a beam of 10.9 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 225. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Wager until October 1956. She then passed to the Yugoslav Navy, serving as Pula from October 1956. She was in commission for 506 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1971.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines
  • 40000 shp, 2 shafts
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns on single mounts CP Mk.XXII
  • 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk.VIII guns on quad mount Mk.VII
  • 4 × A/A mountings
  • twin 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.V
  • single Bofors 40-mm Mk.III guns
  • single QF 2 pdr Mk.XVI
  • 8 (4x2) tubes for 21 inch torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 2 racks & 4 throwers for 70 depth charges

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Wager (R98) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 8784 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons