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Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire:

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Ships

  • HMS Wildfire was a fireship, previously the civilian vessel John, built 1766. She was purchased in 1804 and sold in 1807.
  • HMS Wildfire was a wood paddle packet, previously the GPO ship Watersprite. She was launched in 1826, transferred to the Navy in 1837 and was sold in 1888.
  • HMS Wildfire was a screw yacht tender purchased in 1888. She was used as a base ship from 1889 and was renamed HMS Undine in 1907. She was sold in 1912.
  • Shore establishments

  • HMS Wildfire was a shore establishment established at Sheerness in 1889. It closed in 1933 but re-opened in 1937. It was paid off in 1950. A number of ships were renamed HMS Wildfire whilst serving as base and depot ships for the establishment:
  • HMS Wildfire was the original base ship from 1889 until 1907.
  • HMS Nymphe was HMS Wildfire from 1906 until 1916.
  • HMS Cornwallis was HMS Wildfire between 1916 and 1957.
  • HMS Wildfire was a communications training establishment and Royal Naval Reserve headquarters in Chatham (Gillingham) commissioned in 1964 and paid off in 1993.
  • HMS Wildfire is a Royal Naval Reserve unit located in Northwood. It was previously named HMS Northwood but was renamed HMS Wildfire in 2000.
  • Other shore establishments have been commissioned as tenders and subordinate bases to the main HMS Wildfires, and have shared the name, with an identifying numeral:

  • HMS Wildfire II was an accounting base at Sheerness between 1939 and 1940.
  • HMS Wildfire III was an accounting base at Sheerness in 1940.
  • HMS Wildfire III was the commanding officer's base and a tender to HMS Wildfire between 1942 and 1946.
  • References

    HMS Wildfire Wikipedia


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