Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 100 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Nov, 1939 |
| Launched | 19 Aug, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 28 Feb, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 1 January 1948.
Scrapped at Gateshead.
Commanding Officers:
Cdr. A.G. West, RN
12 February 1941 – 5 May 1942
Lt.Cdr. Angus Alexander MacKenzie, RNR
5 May 1942 – 4 October 1943
Lt. Cecil Julian Bateman, RN
4 October 1943 – June 1945
Cdr. John Holmes, RN
June 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Liddesdale include: 21 May, 1944
The German submarine U-453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea north-east of Cape Spartivento, in position 38º13'N, 16º30'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) and HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN) and the British escort destroyer HMS Liddesdale (Lt. C.J. Bateman, RN). (see map) |
