| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 230 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 16 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 1 Jun 1942 |
| Commissioned | 24 Oct 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped on 29 October 1957. Commanding Officers: A/Lt.Cdr. P.V. Callings, RNR Lt.Cdr. Gerald MacClelland, DSC, RN T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward George Leslie Hone, RNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Sidney Rule, RNVR |
Commands listed for HMS Wear (K 230)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | George Dennis Edwards, RNVR | 29 Sep 1942 | 7 Dec 1943 |
| 2 | P. V. Callings, RNR | 7 Dec 1943 | 14 Jan 1944 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Gerald MacClelland, DSC, RN | 14 Jan 1944 | 27 Mar 1944 |
| 4 | Edward George Leslie Hone, RNVR | 27 Mar 1944 | Jul 1945 |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Sidney Rule, RNVR | Jul 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Wear include:
30 Mar 1943
HMS Wear (T/Lt. G.D. Edwards, RNVR) picks up 97 men from the British merchant Nagara that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-404 about 425 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre in position 46º50'N, 16º40'W. The Nagara founders on 4 April 1943 in position 47º52'N, 14º03'W while in tow of the British rescue tug HMRT Dexterous.
HMS Wear also picks up 46 survivors from the British merchant Empire Bowman that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-404 about 425 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre in position 47º26'N, 15º53'W.
HMS Wear also picks up 103 survivors from the British merchant Umaria that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-662 about 425 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre in position 46º44'N, 16º38'W. Wear then scuttles the wreck of the Umaria with gunfire.