| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | H 88 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 9 Dec 1916 |
| Laid down | 17 Jan 1917 |
| Launched | 6 Oct 1917 |
| Commissioned | 16 Nov 1917 |
| Lost | 29 May 1940 |
| Loss position | 51° 22'N, 2° 43'E |
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| History | On 29 May 1940 HMS Wakeful (Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, RN) was torpedoed and sunk by German motor torpedo boat S-30 while participating in the evacuation of French, English, and Belgian troops off Dunkirk. |
The British destroyer HMS Wakeful (i) (H 88) lost on 29 May 1940 in position 51° 22'N, 2° 43'E.Commands listed for HMS Wakeful (i) (H 88)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke, RN | 31 Jul 1939 | 18 Dec 1939 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, RN | 18 Dec 1939 | 29 May 1940 |
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Notable events involving Wakeful (i) include:
19 Feb 1940
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Wanklyn, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Wakeful (Cdr.. R.L. Fisher, RN) and HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Younghusband, DSC, RN). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/16283
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.