| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 229 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 3 Nov 1937 |
| Commissioned | Nov 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in January 1938. Lent to the United States Navy in February 1942 to operate of the US East coast under USN control. Returned to her owner in April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Norwich City (FY 229)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Skr. G. W. Todd, RNR | 5 Nov 1939 | 26 Jan 1940 | |
| 2 | Ch.Skr. Peter Newman, RNR | 26 Jan 1940 | early 1941 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Leslie Hugh Stammers, RNVR | 12 Apr 1941 | Aug 1944 | |
| 4 | Lt. Robert Arthur Groom, RNVR | Aug 1943 | Oct 1944 | |
| 5 | T/Lt. Leonard Griffin Gillham, SANF(V) | Oct 1944 | ||
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Noteable events involving Norwich City include:
5 Apr 1942
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up a survivor from the American tanker Byron D. Benson that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 off Currituck Inlet, North Carolina in position 36º08'N, 75º32'W.
10 Apr 1942
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 22 survivors from the British tanker San Delfino that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-203 east of Cape Hatteras in position 35º35'N, 75º06'W.
HMS Norwich City also up a 35 survivors from the American tanker Tamaulipas that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 about 18 nautical miles north-east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina in position 34º25'N, 76º00'W.
25 Jun 1942
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 23 survivors from the American merchant Manuela that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-404 about 75 nautical miles east of Cape Lookout in position 34º30'N, 75º40'W.
4 Mar 1943
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Empire Mahseer that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-160 east-north-east of East London, South-Africa in position 32º01'S, 30º48'E.
11 Mar 1943
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 19 survivors from the American merchant James B. Stephens that was torpedoed and sunk on 8 March 1943 by the German submarine U-160 about 150 nautical miles north-east of Durban, South-Africa in position 28º53'S, 33º18'E.
20 Aug 1944
HMS Norwich City (Lt. R.A. Groom) picks up 94 survivors from the British merchant Berwickshire that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-861 about 400 nautical miles east-south-east of Durban, South-Africa in position 30º58'S, 38º50'E.