| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 172 |
| Built by | Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 27 May 1940 |
| Laid down | 18 Nov 1940 |
| Launched | 10 Apr 1941 |
| Commissioned | 17 Jun 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold in October 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Islay (T 172)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Ch.Skr. Thomas Donovan, RNR | 28 May 1941 | late 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Cyril Henry Lovell Clarke, RNR | late 1941 | 16 Dec 1942 |
| 3 | T/Skr. Alexander Ninian Mace, RNR | 16 Dec 1942 | Mar 1943 |
| 4 | T/Skr. Robert Milligan, RNR | Mar 1943 | Sep 1943 |
| 5 | Skr. Oswin Jinks, RNR | Sep 1943 | May 1945 |
| 6 | S Summers, RNR | May 1945 | early 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Islay include:
28 Jun 1942
HMS Islay (Lt. C.H.L. Clarke, RNR) picks up 15 survivors from the British merchant Zealand that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-97 14 miles south-southwest of Haifa in position 32º27'N, 34º43'E.
10 Aug 1942
The Italian submarine Scirè (offsite link) was sunk off Haifa by the British trawler HMS Islay (Lt. C.H.L. Clarke, RNR).