| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | Hill |
| Pennant | T 218 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 28 Nov, 1940 |
| Laid down | 12 Mar, 1941 |
| Launched | 9 Jul, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 Dec, 1941 |
| Lost | 14 Jun, 1944 |
| Loss position | 05.00N, 09.00W (See a map) |
| History | HMT Birdlip (T/Lt. Iorwerth Brian Evan Humphrey, RNVR) was torpedoed and sunk off Greenville, Liberia in approximate position 05º00'N, 09º00'W by the German submarine U-547. Hit by U-boat |
| Noteable events involving Birdlip include: 1 May, 1943 HMS Arran (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR) and HMS Birdlip together pick up 97 survivors from the British merchant City of Singapore that was torpedoed and sunk in a second attack on the convoy by U-515. |
