| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 35 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | 9 Dec 1916 |
| Laid down | Jul 1917 |
| Launched | 25 Feb 1918 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1918 |
| End service | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort at Sheerness Dockyard was finished in May 1943. Mined off Normandy (Juno Beach), in position 49º36'N, 00º28'W, on 6 June 1944 and declared a constructive total loss. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 20 July 1944. HMS Wrestler is not listed as active unit in the October 1944 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Wrestler (D 35)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, RN | 21 Aug 1939 | 28 Sep 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Eric Lister Jones, RN | 28 Sep 1940 | 7 Dec 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. Reginald William Beecroft Lacon, DSC, RN | 7 Dec 1941 | mid 1944 |
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Noteable events involving Wrestler include:
18 Oct 1940
The Italian submarine Durbo was sunk east of Gibraltar by the British destroyers HMS Firedrake (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Norris, DSC, RN), HMS Wrestler (Lt. E.L. Jones, RN) and 2 London flying boats (RAF 202Sqn.)
2 May 1942
German U-boat U-74 was sunk by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Wishart (Cdr. H.G. Scott, RN) and HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.W.B. Lacon, DSC, RN) east of Cartagena, Spain, in position 37°16'N, 00°01'E. (see map)
15 Nov 1942
German U-boat U-98 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Gibraltar in position 36°09'N, 07°42'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.G.B. Lacon, DSC, RN). (see map)
31 Oct 1943
HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.G.B. Lacon, DSC, RN) picks up 3 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Hallfried that was torpedoed and sunk north-east of the Azores in position 46°05'N, 20°26'W by German U-boat U-262.
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