HMS Wasp

Nine ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wasp, with one other government vessel using the name:

Ships

 * HMS Wasp (1749) was an 8-gun sloop launched in 1749. She was sold in 1781.
 * HMS Wasp (1780) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1780. She was used as a fireship in 1798 and expended in 1800.
 * HMS Wasp (1782) was a purchased sloop converted to a fireship in 1798, and expended in July 1800 in the operation to capture the French frigate Désirée.
 * HMS Wasp (1794) was a 4-gun gunvessel purchased in 1794 from the Dutch. She was sold in 1801.
 * HMS Wasp (1800) was originally a French 14-gun sloop captured in 1800. She was sold in 1811.
 * HMS Wasp (1812) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1812. She was broken up in 1847.
 * HMS Wasp (1850) was an Archer-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1850. She was sold in 1869.
 * HMS Wasp (1880) was a Banterer-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1880. She was wrecked in 1884 and finally sold in 1910.
 * HMS Wasp (1886) was a Bramble-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1886. She foundered 1887 after leaving Singapore

Shore Establishments

 * HMS Wasp was a Coastal Forces shore establishment at Dover during World War II

Other vessels

 * Torpedo Boat No. 191 was a second-class spar torpedo boat launched in 1883 by Thornycroft for Tasmanian service, arriving in Hobart on the ss Abington, on 1 May 1884. Called Wasp by her builders, she was referred to only by the number TB 1 when in service. She was transferred to South Australia in 1905, being towed behind the Protector, and sold in 1917.