| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 35 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | Jul 1917 |
| Launched | 25 Feb 1918 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1918 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort at Sheerness Dockyard was finished in May 1943. Mined off Normandy (Juno Beach), in position 49º36'N, 00º28'W, on 6 June 1944 and declared a constructive total loss. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 20 July 1944. Commanding Officers: Lt. Eric Lister Jones, RN Lt. Reginald William Beecroft Lacon, DSC, RN HMS Wrestler is not listed as active unit in the October 1944 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Wrestler (D 35)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, RN | 21 Aug 1939 | 28 Sep 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Eric Lister Jones, RN | 28 Sep 1940 | 7 Dec 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. Reginald William Beecroft Lacon, DSC, RN | 7 Dec 1941 | Jul 1944 ? |
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Noteable events involving Wrestler include:
18 Oct 1940
The Italian submarine Durbo was sunk east of Gibraltar by the British destroyers HMS Firedrake (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Norris, DSC, RN), HMS Wrestler (Lt.Cdr. E.N.V. Currey, RN) and 2 London flying boats (RAF 202Sqn.)
2 May 1942
The German submarine U-74 was sunk east of Cartagena, Spain, in position 37º32'N, 00º10'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Wishart (Cdr. H.G. Scott, RN) and HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.W.B. Lacon, DSC, RN), and depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 202/C). (see map)
15 Nov 1942
The German submarine U-98 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Gibraltar in position 36º09'N, 07º42'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.G.B. Lacon, DSC, RN). (see map)
31 Oct 1943
HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.G.B. Lacon, DSC, RN) picks up 3 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Hallfried that was torpedoed and sunk north-east of the Azores in position 46º05'N, 20º26'W by the German submarine U-262.