| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type I) |
| Pennant | L 87 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons |
| Ordered | 21 Mar 1939 |
| Laid down | 8 Jun 1939 |
| Launched | 28 Dec 1939 |
| Commissioned | 28 Aug 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Blyth on 28 May 1956. Named after a Hunt in Ayrshire, Scotland. Battle Honours: |
Commands listed for HMS Eglinton (L 87)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux, RAN | 20 May 1940 | 17 Aug 1941 |
| 2 | Cdr. Charles Arthur de Winton Kitcat, RN | 17 Aug 1941 | 16 May 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Joseph Mansergh Palmer, RN | 16 May 1942 | 21 Feb 1944 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Frank Maclear Graves, RN | 21 Feb 1944 | Nov 1944 |
| 5 | Capt. Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge Salter, DSO, OBE, RN | Nov 1944 | 26 Jun 1945 |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Douglas Theodore Williams, RN | 26 Jun 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Eglinton include:
28 Jun 1944
HMS Hotham (A/Lt.Cdr. S. Ayles, RNR) and HMS Eglinton (Lt.Cdr. F.M. Graves, RN) pick up survivors from the British landing ship infantry Maid of Orleans that had been sunk by the German U-boat U-988 southeast of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight in position 50°06'N, 00°41'W.