Ships
* was an 8-gun sloop-of-war, sloop launched in 1749. She was sold in 1781. In 1782 she became the mercantile ''Polly'', and then in 1784 she became the slave ship . The French captured ''Mentor'' circa 1795. * was purchased on the stocks as a 14-gun sloop, converted to a fireship in 1798, and expended in July 1800 in the operation to capture the . * ''Wasp'' was a gunboat at the Siege of Toulon (1793). She may have been a tartane that the French Navy had acquired at Toulon earlier that year. * was a 4-gun gunvessel purchased in 1794 from the Netherlands, Dutch. She was sold in 1802. * was originally the French 14-gun sloop ''Guepe'', launched in 1798 and captured in 1800. The Navy sold her in 1811. * was an 18-gun launched in 1812. She was broken up in 1847. * was an wooden screw sloop launched in 1850. She was sold in 1869. * was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1880. She was wrecked in 1884 and finally sold in 1910. * was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1886. She foundered 1887 after leaving Singapore.Shore establishments
* was a Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy, Coastal Forces shore establishment at Dover during World War IIOther vessels
* ''Torpedo Boat No. 191'' was a second-class spar torpedo boat launched in 1883 by Thornycroft for Tasmanian service, arriving in Hobart on 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 ''Protector'', and sold in 1917. *''Wasp'' was one of two schooners built at Calcutta for the Bengal Government in 1799. She served for three years in the Red Sea before being turned over to the government in Bombay. The other may have been ''Fury''. They both supported Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, General Baird's Transport vessels for the British expedition to the Red Sea (1801), expedition to Egypt to help General Ralph Abercromby expel the France, French there.''Asiatic Annual Register...'' (1805) Vol, 7, pp.145-149.Citations
References
*''The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, a View of the History of Hindustan and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia'', vol. 7. (1805). (Debrett). * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wasp, Hms Royal Navy ship names