| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty S |
| Pennant | H 21 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | Apr, 1917 |
| Laid down | 30 May, 1917 |
| Launched | 27 Feb, 1918 |
| Commissioned | 29 Apr, 1918 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped on 30 June 1947.
Commanding Officers: Lt. Robert Denys Franks, RN Lt.Cdr. Charles George Cuthbertson, DSC, RNR Lt. Gilbert Charles Potter, DSC, RN Lt. Philip Archer-Shee, RNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Allan Arthur Gotelee, DSC, RNVR HMS Scimitar is not listed as active unit in the April 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Scimitar include: 8 Jul, 1940 29 Jun, 1941 |
