| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | G 79 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (Squantum, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Jun 1918 |
| Launched | 31 Dec 1918 |
| Commissioned | 26 Nov 1940 |
| End service | 20 Mar 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | USS Shubrick arrived at Halifax, Canada on 21 November and was decommissioned by the U.S.N. on 26 november, and simultaneously commissioned in the British Navy as HMS Ripley. HMS Ripley served on North Atlantic convoy routes until placed in reserve in January 1944. She was scrapped on 20 March 1945 at Sunderland, England. |
| Former name | USS Shubrick (DD 268) |
Commands listed for HMS Ripley (G 79)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Agnew, RN | 26 Nov 1940 | 10 Nov 1941 |
| 2 | Lt. Christopher Robert Bax, RN | 10 Nov 1941 | 27 Jan 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) George William Emil Castens, RN | 27 Jan 1942 | April 1943 |
| 4 | Lt. Louis George Toone, RN | 30 Apr 1943 | 16 Oct 1943 |
| 5 | Lt. William Frank Broughton Webb, DSC, RN | 16 Oct 1943 | 2 Nov 1943 |
| 6 | Lt. Basil Churchill Hutchinson, RN | 2 Nov 1943 | 24 Feb 1944 |
| 7 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Fleming McAusland, RNVR | 24 Feb 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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