| 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 | |
| Loss position | |
| 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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Noteable events involving Wizard include:
9 Jun 1944
HMS Wizard (Lt.Cdr. D.T. McBarnet, DSC, RN) sustained major structural damage from the explosion of her own, accidentaly dropped, depth charges. 6 members of the crew lost their lives in this mishap.
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