| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | |
| Pennant | FY 176 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 6 Aug 1936 |
| Commissioned | 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in September 1936. In March 1942 she was lent to the U.S. Navy, but still manned by a British crew, to assist the American`s newly formed anti-submarine forces. In October 1942 she was returned to R.N. control and in December Hertfordshire was transferred to South African waters to combat the growing U-boat threat in this area. From February 6-12th 1943 she was docked in the Selborne dry dock at simonstown, South Africa and spent the rest of the war escorting convoys around the South African coast. In 1945 Hertfordshire returned to U.K. waters. She was sold later in 1945. |
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Noteable events involving Hertfordshire include:
11 Aug 1940
During a heavy air raid on Weymouth and Portland the ship was in Admiralty floating dock (AFD19) which was holed and strained. The Hertfordshire (Cdr. J.A. Shater, (retired), RN) suffered some splinter damage.
1 Apr 1942
The British merchant Rio Blanco is torpedoed and sunk about 60 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras in position 35º16'N, 74º18'W by the German submarine U-160. HMT Hertfordshire (Cdr. J.A. Shater, (retired), RN) later picks up 12 survivors.
11 Apr 1942
HMT Hertfordshire (Cdr. J.A. Shater, (retired), RN) picks up 24 survivors from the American tanker Harry F. Sinclair, Jr. that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-203 7 nautical miles south of Cape Lookout in position 34º25'N, 76º30'W.