| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 08 |
| Built by | Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Jul 1918 |
| Launched | 23 Nov 1918 |
| Commissioned | 23 Sep 1940 |
| End service | 16 Jul 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to the Soviet Union on 16 July 1944 renamed Zarkij. Returned to the Royal Navy at Rosyth 4 March 1949, sold for scrap on 5 Apr, 1949 and arrived at BoŽness on 18 May to be scrapped. |
| Former name | USS Cowell (DD 167) |
| Career notes | to Soviet Union as USSR Zarkij |
Commands listed for HMS Brighton (I 08)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) Charles William Vane Tempest Stewart Lepper, RN | 23 Sep 1940 | Mar 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Gwilym Pinkerton Evans, DSC, RNVR | Mar 1943 | 21 Apr 1943 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. James Vaudalle Fulton, RNVR | 21 Apr 1943 | 22 Sep 1943 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Duncan Howard Foulds, DSC, RNVR | 22 Sep 1943 | 16 Jul 1944 |
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