HMS Wrangler (R48)

Navy: Royal Navy

Type: Destroyer

Class: W

Pennant: R 48

Commissioned: 14 Jul, 1944

Built by: Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.)

Laid down: 23 Sep, 1942

Launched: 30 Dec, 1943

History: 1951-53 converted to type 15 frigate. Sold to South Africa on 29 November 1956 being renamed Vrystaat. Paid off into reserve in 1963. Expended as a submarine target on 14 April 1976.

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Destroyer
Class:	W
Pennant:	R 48
Commissioned:	14 Jul, 1944
Built by:	Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.)
Laid down:	23 Sep, 1942
Launched:	30 Dec, 1943
History:	1951-53 converted to type 15 frigate. Sold to South Africa on 29 November 1956 being renamed Vrystaat. Paid off into reserve in 1963. Expended as a submarine target on 14 April 1976.