HMS Wolverine was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy.

[1] Wolverine's keel was laid on 8 October 1918 at the James Samuel White & Co. Ltd. Shipyard in Cowes, Isle of Wight.

[2] She was propelled by three White-Foster type water-tube boilers powering Parsons geared steam turbines developing 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).

Abaft of the second funnel she carried six 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes in two triple mounts on the centreline.

[1] In September 1939 Wolverine was allocated to the 15th Destroyer Flotilla at Rosyth for East Coast convoy defence.

She was based at Milford Haven and engaged in convoy escort duty in the English Channel and South-West Approaches.

On 14 May she deployed with HMS Stork to escort the Polish troopship MS Chrobry as she delivered reinforcements and AA guns to Bodø.

Wolverine embarked nearly 700 soldiers from the burning troopship, including the Irish Guards, while Stork provided air defence.

In this role she was engaged in all the duties performed by escort ships; protecting convoys, searching for and attacking U-boats, and rescuing survivors.

In April she undertook training and practice under her new captain, Commander P W Gretton (promoted to Vice Admiral and knighted after the war).

She remained on station performing convoy escort duties until January when she returned to the UK for a refit.

In January 1945 she was engaged in anti-submarine patrols in the Channel and Southwest Approaches, where she continued to the end of the war in Europe.

[1] Wolverine was placed on the disposal list after VJ-day and sold for scrapping on 28 January 1946 to West of Scotland Shipbreakers.