| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | G 76 |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 28 Dec 1917 |
| Launched | 30 Oct 1918 |
| Commissioned | 23 Oct 1940 |
| End service | 22 Jun 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | From December 1940 to March 1942 loaned to Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Mansfield (G 76). Commanding Officer: |
| Former name | USS Evans (DD 78) |
Commands listed for HMS Mansfield (G 76)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Archibald Rosebery Cartwright, RN | 23 Oct 1940 | Dec 1940 |
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Noteable events involving Mansfield include:
17 Mar 1943
HMS Mansfield (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RNR) picks up 61 survivors from the Dutch merchant Terkoelei that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-631 in the North Atlantic in position 51º45'N, 31º15'W.
HMS Mansfield also picks up 16 survivors from the American merchant Irénée Du Pont that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-600 in the North Atlantic in position 50º36'N, 34º30'W. The abandoned Irénée Du Pont was later sunk by the German submarine U-91 in position 50º38'N, 34º46'W.