| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 170 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 4 Nov 1933 |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| Lost | 29 Jul 1944 |
| History | Completed in December 1933. HMT Lord Wakefield (Skr/Lt.(retired) Henry Edward Dodd, RD, RNR) was sunk by German aircraft off Omaha Beach, Normandy France. |
Commands listed for HMS Lord Wakefield (FY 170)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) Richard Lionel Dearden, RN | 26 Sep 1939 | 7 Dec 1939 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Martyn Butt Sherwood, RN | 7 Dec 1939 | Feb 1940 |
| 3 | Ch.Skr. John Edward Harwood, RNR | Feb 1940 | 24 Jun 1942 |
| 4 | Skr.Lt. Harry Leonard Lang, DSC, RD, RNR | 24 Jun 1942 | 2 Mar 1944 |
| 5 | Skr.Lt. Henry Edward Dodd, RNR | 2 Mar 1944 | 29 Jul 1944 (+) |
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Notable events involving Lord Wakefield include:
11 May 1943
HMS Unsparing (Lt. A.D. Piper, DSC and 2 bars, RNR) departed Portsmouth for Gibraltar. She was escorted until 2217/12 by HMS Lord Wakefield (Skr.Lt. H.L. Lang, DSC, RD, RNR).
For the daily positions of HMS Unsparing during this passage see the map below.
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Sources
- ADM 199/1818
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.