| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | F 78 |
| Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 14 Jun 1935 |
| Commissioned | 4 Dec 1939 |
| End service | 19 Feb 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | On 14 October 1939 the passenger ship Derbyshire of the Bibby Brothers & Co, Liverpool was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was completed on 4 December 1939. Displacement: 11660 BRT Career: On 19 February 1942 returned and used as troopship by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 1943 converted to a landing ship LSI(L). 1945 used as troopship and in November 1947 returned to owner. |
Commands listed for HMS Derbyshire (F 78)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. (retired) Edmond Alan Berners Stanley, DSO, RN | 21 Oct 1939 | 12 Sep 1941 |
| 2 | Capt. (retired) Charles Courtenay Bell, DSO, RN | 12 Sep 1941 |
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Noteable events involving Derbyshire include:
30 Jul 1941
The British merchant Shahristan is torpedoed and sunk southeast of the Azores in position 35º19'N, 23º53'W.
HMS Derbyshire (Capt. E.A.B. Stanley, DSO, MVO, (retired), RN) later picks up 6 survivors.