| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type III) |
| Pennant | L 83 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow) |
| Ordered | 4 Jul 1940 |
| Laid down | 29 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 22 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 Apr 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Heavily damaged on 19 March 1943 by a torpedo from a German Ju.88 aircraft in Tripoli harbour, Libya. She was beached and eventually returned to England but was never repaired or returned to service. HMS Derwent is not listed as active unit in the December 1943 Navy List Scrapped in November 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Derwent (L 83)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Royston Hollis Wright, DSC, RN | 11 Nov 1941 | Mar 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. Philip Roger Canning Higham, RN | Mar 1943 | ??? |
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