| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 153 |
| Built by | Deschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in July 1936. Returned to her owner in September 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Northern Wave (FY 153)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Skr. William Richard Alward Hicks, DSC, RNR | 27 Sep 1939 | 9 Jan 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Louis Clifford Head, RNVR | 9 Jan 1940 | 4 Dec 1940 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Christopher Morrison-Payne, RNVR | 4 Dec 1940 | 14 Feb 1941 |
| 4 | T/Lt. William Godfrey Pardoe-Matthews, RNR | 14 Feb 1941 | 8 Mar 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt. John Percival Kilbee, RNR | 8 Mar 1943 | 1 Aug 1944 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Frederick John Robb Storey, RNVR | 1 Aug 1944 |
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Noteable events involving Northern Wave include:
25 Mar 1940
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. L.C. Head, RNVR) and HMS Brontes (Cdr. T.St.V.F. Tyler (retired), RN) together pick up 25 survivors from the British tanker Daghestan that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-57 nine nautical miles east of Copinsay, Orkneys in position 58°47'N, 02°46'W.
16 Apr 1942
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR) picks up 28 survivors from the British merchant Empire Howard that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-403 north-west of North Cape in position 73°48'N, 21°50'E.
3 Feb 1943
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR) picks up 4 survivors from the American merchant Greylock that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-255 in the Norwegian Sea in position 70°52'N, 00°21'W. The Greylock was later sunk by gunfire by one of the escorts.
17 May 1943
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. J.P. Kilbee, RNR) picks up survivors from the British merchant Aymeric that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-657 east of Cape Farewell in position 59?42'N, 41?39'W.
8 Sep 1944
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. F.J.R. Storey, RNVR) picks up 51 survivors from the British tanker Empire Heritage and 41 survivors from the British rescue ship Pinto that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-482 north-northeast of Tory Island in position 55°27'N, 08°01'W.