| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | W |
| Pennant | R 72 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | 14 Sep 1942 |
| Launched | 29 Sep 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 Mar 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1954. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in March 1967. |
Commands listed for HMS Wizard (R 72)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Donald Terry McBarnet, RN | 21 Feb 1944 | mid 1944 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Hugh Hodgkinson, DSC, RN | 27 Dec 1944 | Jan 1946 | |
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Notable events involving Wizard include:
10 Apr 1944
HMS Trusty (Lt. M.F.R. Ainslie, DSO, DSC, RN) conducts exercises with HMS Victorious (Capt. M.M. Denny, CB, CBE, RN), HMS Verulam (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomas, DSC, RN) and HMS Wizard (Lt.Cdr. D.T. McBarnet, DSC, RN). (1)
9 Jun 1944
HMS Wizard (Lt.Cdr. D.T. McBarnet, DSC, RN) sustained major structural damage from the explosion of her own, accidentally dropped, depth charges. 6 members of the crew lost their lives in this mishap.
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Sources
- ADM 173/19124
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.