| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Modified Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 38 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 27 Mar 1941 |
| Laid down | 30 Aug 1941 |
| Launched | 28 Jul 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1 Dec 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped 16 March 1956. |
Commands listed for HMS Cygnet (U 38)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Francis Babington Proudfoot, RN | 27 Sep 1942 | 19 Jan 1944 | |
| 2 | Cdr. Donald Murdo MacLean, RD, RNR | 19 Jan 1944 | late 1944 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Patrick James Cowell, DSC, RN | late 1944 | May 1945 | |
| 4 | A/Lt.Cdr. Alan Henry Pierce, OBE, RNR | 30 Jun 1945 | Oct 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Cygnet include:
8 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-962 was sunk in north Atlantic north-west of Cape Finisterre, in position 45º43'N, 19º57'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN)
and HMS Cygnet (Cdr. D.M. MacLean, RN). (see map)