| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty Modified W |
| Pennant | D 67 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | Jan 1918 |
| Laid down | 18 May 1918 |
| Launched | 18 Jul 1919 |
| Commissioned | Jun 1920 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Wishart is not listed as an active unit in the October 1944 Navy List Sold to be broken up for scrap on 20 March 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Wishart (D 67)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Tyndale Cooper, RN | 30 Jun 1939 | 16 Sep 1941 |
| 2 | Cdr. Humphrey Gilbert Scott, RN | 16 Sep 1941 | 25 Jul 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. John Arundell Holdsworth, RN | 25 Jul 1943 | Mar 1944 |
| 4 | Lt. Victor John Manwaring, RN | Mar 1944 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Wishart include:
27 Dec 1939
The German merchant Glücksburg (2680 GRT) was intercepted by HMS Wishart (Cdr. E.T. Cooper, RN) and was run aground by her crew near the Chipiona lightvessel, Spain.
12 Apr 1941
The British merchant St. Helena is torpedoed and sunk about 100 nautical miles south-west of Freetown in position 07º50'N, 14º00'W by the German submarine U-124. HMS Wishart (Cdr. E.T. Cooper, RN) later picks up 41 survivors.
27 Jun 1941
The Italian submarine Glauco was sunk west off Gibraltar in position 35º00'N, 12º41'E by the British destroyer HMS Wishart (Cdr. E.T. Cooper, RN). (see map)
2 May 1942
The German submarine 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 37º16'N, 00º01'E. (see map)
24 Feb 1944
The German submarine U-761 was scuttled in the mid-Atlantic near Tangier, in position 35º55'N, 05º45'W, in view of approaching British destroyers HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Wallace, DSC, RN) and HMS Wishart (Lt. J.A. Holdsworth, RN). (see map)
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