| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 223 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 24 Nov 1934 |
| Commissioned | Nov 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in December 1934. Returned to her owner in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Leicester City (FY 223)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Skr. William Alexander Cormack, RNR | 24 Nov 1939 | 18 Mar 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Albert Richard Cornish, RNR | 18 Mar 1940 | Feb 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. (retired) Robert Fletcher Turnbull, RNR | Feb 1941 | 1 May 1941 |
| 4 | Lt. Francis Arthur Everett, RNR | 1 May 1941 | 10 Mar 1942 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Charles Edgar Irving, RNVR | 10 Mar 1942 | 22 Mar 1943 |
| 6 | Lt. Trevor Walton Lewis, DSC, RANVR | 22 Mar 1943 | 1 Jun 1943 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Charles Edgar Irving, RNVR | 1 Jun 1943 | 29 Oct 1944 |
| 8 | T/Lt. John Wells, RNVR | 29 Oct 1944 |
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Noteable events involving Leicester City include:
4 May 1940
HMS Leicester City (T/Lt. A.R. Cornish, RNR) picks up 40 survivors from the British tanker San Tiburcio that was sunk 4 nautical miles south-east of Tarbett Ness, Moray Firth in position 57º46'N, 03º45'W after hitting a mine laid on 10 February 1940 by the German submarine U-9.
7 May 1945
HMS Valse (T/Lt. B.H.S. Arendt, RNVR) and HMS Leicester City together pick up 19 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Sneland I that was torpedoed and sunk near May Island in the Firth of Forth in position 56º10'N, 02º31'W by the German submarine U-2336.