| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | M |
| Pennant | G 86 |
| Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 7 Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 2 Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 18 Sep 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 6 December 1955. |
Commands listed for HMS Musketeer (G 86)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Donald Thorn Dowler, DSC, RN | 16 Jun 1942 | Dec 1942 |
| 2 | Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RN | Dec 1942 | 6 Oct 1943 |
| 3 | Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, OBE, RN | 6 Oct 1943 | 20 Feb 1945 |
| 4 | Cdr. Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen, DSO, DSC, RN | 20 Feb 1945 | Aug 1945 |
| 5 | Cdr. Robert Marriott Aubrey, DSC, RN | Aug 1945 | 4 Jun 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Musketeer include:
8 Oct 1943
HMS Musketeer (Cdr. R.L. Fisher, OBE, DSO, RN) picks up 44 survivors from the Polish destroyer ORP Orkan that was torpedoed and sunk south-west of Iceland in position 56º30'N, 26º26'W by the German submarine U-378.
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