| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type I) |
| Pennant | L 48 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | 21 Mar 1939 |
| Laid down | 29 Jun 1939 |
| Launched | 8 Feb 1940 |
| Commissioned | 10 Aug 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Preston on 20 November 1956. |
Commands listed for HMS Holderness (L 48)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Douglas Eric Holland-Martin, DSC, RN | 15 May 1940 | 30 Jan 1941 | |
| 2 | Cdr. Frederick John Crosby Halahan, DSC, RN | 30 Jan 1941 | 13 Jan 1942 | |
| 3 | Lt. Archibald John Ramsay White, RN | 13 Jan 1942 | 24 Aug 1943 | |
| 4 | Lt. Richard George Ralph Clay, RN | 24 Aug 1943 | early 44? | |
| 5 | Lt. Philip Frederick Cole, DSC, RN | 2 Apr 1944 | 8 Sep 1945 | |
| 6 | Lt. Derek George Smeeton, RN | 8 Sep 1945 | Oct 1945 ? | |
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