| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 197 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1933 |
| Commissioned | Oct 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in March 1933. Sold in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Huddersfield Town (FY 197)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson, RN | 2 Oct 1939 | mid 1941 |
| 2 | Skr. John Henry Consadine, RNR | mid 1941 | 12 Sep 1943 |
| 3 | Skr.Lt. Magnus Andrew Smith, RD, RNR | 12 Sep 1943 | early 1945 |
| 4 | Skr. Charles Barfoot Scott, RNR | early 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Huddersfield Town include:
Sep 1939
Purchased by the Admiralty in September 1939 and converted to an A/S Trawler Escort. Armament:4.7in gun on bows, one 20mm Oerlikon gun either side of bridge,two 0.5 machine guns aft of bridge. Depth charge rails astern, port and starbourd throwers. Also Asdic tracker and dome, plus radar. Anti magnetic degausing gear.
6 Jun 1944
Took part in operation Neptune (D-Day landings)giving A.S support to the U.S bach (Utah). Escorted tug towing earth moving equipment to beach. Escorted hospital ship carrying the wounded back to England. Then resumed escort work in the Western Approaches.
9 Jan 1945
HMS Huddersfield Town picks up 62 men from the American merchant Jonas Lie that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-1055 at the entrance to the Bristol Channel in position 51º45'N, 05º27'W.
A salvage attempt was undertaken dispite the fact that the vessel had drifted into a minefield. The Jonas Lie finally foundered on 14 January 1945 after the salvage attempts failed.