| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type I) |
| Pennant | L 20 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 21 Mar 1939 |
| Laid down | 8 Jun 1939 |
| Launched | 14 Feb 1940 |
| Commissioned | 1 Jul 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 August 1958. Scrapped at Barrow. |
Commands listed for HMS Garth (L 20)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Eric Hart Dyke, RN | 7 May 1940 | 9 Sep 1941 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Percival Scatchard, RN | 9 Sep 1941 | ||
| 3 | Capt. Cecil Ramsden Langworthy Parry, RN | Nov 1943 | 15 Aug 1944 | |
| 4 | Capt. William Gronow Davis, DSC, RN | 15 Aug 1944 | 5 Sep 1945 | |
| 5 | Cdr. Archibald George Forman, RN | 5 Sep 1945 | Oct 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Garth include:
20 Nov 1941
Escorting convoy FS.50 off the east Coast and scouting 5 nautical miles ahead for S-boote. Due to unserviceable radar, she ran headlong into another anti-S-boote patrol and was taken under fire by destroyer Campbell, sustaining 2 dead and damage to the steam lines, which compelled her returning to port in tow.
17 Feb 1943
HMS Garth (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) sinks the German motor torpedo boat (S-boat) S-71 93 tons with gunfire and ramming off Lowesoft.