Was to be built in Canada for the United States Navy but transferred to the Royal Navy under the lend-lease program.

She was first Royal Navy ship to carry the name Cuckmere.

HMS Cuckmere (Lt.Cdr. Arthur Johnson, VD, RNVR) was torpedoed on 11 December 1943 off Algeria in position 36º55'N, 03º01'E by the German submarine U-223. She was heavily damaged and declared a Constructive Total Loss (CTL).

She was returned to the U.S.N. on 6 November 1946.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Arthur Johnson, RNVR
14 May 1943 >
VD awarded on 24 September 1943 

Hit by U-boat
A total loss on 11 Dec, 1943 by U-223 (Wächter).