HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. In March 1942, the ship was adopted by the village of Queensbury in West Yorkshire. On 28 February 1943 the liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by German submarine U-405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia. Survivors were picked up by Vervain and HMS Beverley near Greenland. HMS Vervain is a Designated vessel under schedule 1 of The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2012.
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