| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Hunt |
| Pennant | J 62 |
| Built by | Murdock & Murray (Glasgow, Scotland) : Yarrow |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 25 Jul 1918 |
| Commissioned | 31 Oct 1918 |
| End service | |
| History | HMS Saltash is not listed as active unit in the April 1945 Navy List Sold 13 March 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Saltash (J 62)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas Randall Fowke, RN | 21 Aug 1939 | 27 Aug 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Bruce Chandler, RN | 27 Aug 1941 | 20 Aug 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Frederick George Dawson, RNR | 20 Aug 1942 | 4 Mar 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Matthew Dumfries Ballantine, RNVR | 4 Mar 1944 | early 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Saltash include:
1 Jun 1940
British destroyer HMS Havant (Lt.Cdr. A.F. Burnell-Nugent, RN) was heavily damaged by German aircraft off Dunkirk during the evacuation there. Havant was sunk by HMS Saltash (Lt.Cdr. T.R. Fowke, RN).