| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | H 94 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (Squantum, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Apr 1918 |
| Launched | 28 Aug 1918 |
| Commissioned | 9 Oct 1940 |
| End service | 4 Mar 1947 |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Burwell is not listed as active unit in the January 1945 Navy List Decommissioned and sold for scrap on 4 March 1947. |
| Former name | USS Laub (DD 263) |
Commands listed for HMS Burwell (H 94)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Sidney Richard James Woods, RNR | 9 Oct 1940 | Jul 1942 ? | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Thomas Stanley Lane Fox-Pitt, RN | 3 Aug 1942 | Oct 1942 | |
| 3 | Lt. Anthony Heron Parish, RN | 1 Nov 1942 | 9 Aug 1943 | |
| 4 | Lt. Alan Vincent Turner, RNVR | 8 Sep 1943 | 22 Aug 1944 | |
| 5 | Lt. John Rowlands Pritchard, DSC, RNVR | 22 Aug 1944 | ??? | |
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