| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Bridgewater |
| Pennant | L 12 / U 12 |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 9 Feb 1928 |
| Launched | 28 Sep 1928 |
| Commissioned | 23 Mar 1929 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold 8 January 1946. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Morgan John Yeatman, RN Lt.Cdr. R.C. Gervers, RN (Emergency) Lt.Cdr. Harold Hill, RD, RNR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alfred John Clemence, RNR Lt. John Culverwell, RNVR HMS Sandwich is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Sandwich (L 12 / U 12)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Horace Temple Taylor Bayliss, RN | 24 Mar 1939 | Nov 1939 |
| 2 | Cdr. Morgan John Yeatman, RN | Nov 1939 | Jan 1941 ? |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. R. C. Gervers, RN | Jan 1941 ? | 23 Feb 1942 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Harold Hill, RNR | 23 Feb 1942 | 30 Apr 1943 |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alfred John Clemence, RNR | 30 Apr 1943 | Dec 1944 |
| 6 | Lt. John Culverwell, RNVR | Dec 1944 | Jul 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Sandwich include:
21 Jun 1940
The British tanker San Fernando is torpedoed and damaged about 50 nautical miles south-south-west of Cape Clear in position 50º20'N, 10º24'W by the German submarine U-47. The tanker was taken in tow by tugs but sank the next day. HMS Fowey (Cdr. H.B. Ellison, RN) and HMS Sandwich (Cdr. M.J. Yeatman, RN) together pick up 49 survivors.
22 Jun 1940
HMS Sandwich (Cdr M.J. Yeatman, RN) picks up 37 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Eli Knudsen that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-32 south of Ireland in position 50º36'N, 08º44'W.
2 Jul 1940
HMS Sandwich (Cdr M.J. Yeatman, RN) picks up 42 survivors from the British tanker Athellaird that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-29 about 350 nautical miles north-west of Cape Finisterre in position 47º24'N, 16º49'W.
23 Nov 1940
HMS Sandwich (Cdr. M.J. Yeatman, RN) picks up 28 survivors from the British merchant King Idwal
that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-123 about 158 nautical miles west of Rockall in position 56º44'N, 19º13'W.
HMS Sandwich also picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant Tymeric that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-123 about 350 nautical miles west-north-west of Malin Head in position 57º00N, 20º30'W.
31 Jul 1942
The German submarine U-213 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of the Azores, in position 36º45'N, 22º50'W by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Erne (Lt.Cdr. E.D.J. Abbot, RN), HMS Rochester (Cdr. C.B. Allen, RN) and HMS Sandwich (Lt.Cdr. H. Hill, RNR). (see map)