| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type I) |
| Pennant | L 82 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | 11 Apr 1939 |
| Laid down | 10 Aug 1939 |
| Launched | 7 Jun 1940 |
| Commissioned | 30 Dec 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to the Ecuadorian Navy on 18 October 1954 and renamed Presidente Velasco Ibarra. |
Commands listed for HMS Meynell (L 82)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Howard Farrington, RN | 14 Aug 1940 | 25 Aug 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Brian Mortimer Duncan I'Anson, RN | 25 Aug 1942 | 4 Aug 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Jack Bitmead, DSO, RN | 4 Aug 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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