| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type I) |
| Pennant | L 78 |
| Built by | Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 11 Apr 1939 |
| Laid down | 12 Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 5 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 29 Dec 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Named after a Hunt in Rutland, the smallest English county. Battle Honours: North Sea 1941-1945, English Channel 1942-1944 and Normandy 1944. Sold to the Egyptian Navy on 17 September 1950 and renamed Ibrahim El-Awal. |
Commands listed for HMS Cottesmore (L 78)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. John Charles Anthony Ingram, RN | 11 Dec 1940 | 28 Jan 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. William Donough O'Brien, DSC, RN | 28 Jan 1943 | 14 Nov 1944 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Adrian Charles Cuthbert Seligman, DSC, RNR | 14 Nov 1944 | 30 Aug 1945 |
| 4 | Cdr. John Pringle, RN | 30 Aug 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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