| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type I) |
| Pennant | L 60 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | 11 Apr 1939 |
| Laid down | 10 Aug 1939 |
| Launched | 9 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 12 Oct 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to China May 1948 and renamed Lin Fu. Reposessed after the Yangtze around June 1949 and re-commissioned with the ships company of HMS Consort. Sold to the Egyptian Navy becoming Mohamed ali-El-Kebir on 15 November 1949, renamed Ibrahim-El-Awal later in 1951. Was captured by the Israeli navy after combat and surrender in the 1956 Sinai campaign. Renamed INS Haifa. Was decommissioned in 1968 and sunk as a target ship after being hit by a Gabriel missile. |
Commands listed for HMS Mendip (L 60)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Cdr. Guy Neville Rolfe, RN | 1 Jul 1940 | 16 Sep 1942 |
| 2 | Capt. Cecil Ramsden Langworthy Parry, RN | 16 Sep 1942 | 25 Jan 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. Peter Douglas Davey, RN | 25 Jan 1943 | 10 Apr 1945 |
| 4 | Lt. Lesley Edney Blackmore, RN | 10 Apr 1945 | 1 Jan 1946 |
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