| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Shakespearian |
| Pennant | T 140 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 12 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 4 May 1940 |
| Launched | 2 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 6 Feb 1941 |
| Lost | 5 May 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Took part in the North Africa landings in November 1942 and the Sicily landings in July 1943. Mined and sunk in the Adriatic on 5 May 1945. The ship sank some six miles from Novigrad/Cittanova. |
Commands listed for HMS Coriolanus (T 140)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/S.Lt. William Douglas Bishop, RNVR | 4 Feb 1941 | 3 Apr 1941 | |
| 2 | T/S.Lt. Ian Rankin Saddler, RNVR | 3 Apr 1941 | 23 Jan 1942 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Cyril Ernest Chown, RNVR | 23 Jan 1942 | 22 Apr 1942 | |
| 4 | Lt. Leonard Bentley Moffatt, RNR | 22 Apr 1942 | 7 Sep 1942 | |
| 5 | N Hunt, RNVR | 7 Sep 1942 | mid 1943 | |
| 6 | T/Lt. Herbert Edward Lines, RNVR | Mar 1944 | 22 Aug 1944 | |
| 7 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. George Rundle, RNVR | 22 Aug 1944 | ||
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