Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire:

Ships

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  • HMS Wildfire (1804) was a fireship, previously the civilian vessel John, built 1766. She was purchased in 1804 and sold in 1807.
  • HMS Wildfire (1826) was a wood paddle packet, previously the GPO ship Watersprite. She was launched in 1826, transferred to the Navy in 1837 and was sold in 1888.
  • HMS Wildfire (1888) was a screw yacht tender purchased in 1888. She was used as a base ship from 1889 and was renamed HMS Undine in 1907. She was sold in 1912.

Shore establishments

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Other shore establishments have been commissioned as tenders and subordinate bases to the main HMS Wildfires, and have shared the name, with an identifying numeral:

  • HMS Wildfire II was an accounting base at Sheerness between 1939 and 1940.
  • HMS Wildfire III was an accounting base at Sheerness in 1940.
  • HMS Wildfire III was the commanding officer's base and a tender to HMS Wildfire between 1942 and 1946.
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