| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Grimsby |
| Pennant | L 36 / U 36 |
| Built by | Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 6 Feb 1933 |
| Launched | 9 Sep 1933 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jul 1934 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold and became the mercantile Byron in 1946. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Roland Charlton Allen, RN Lt.Cdr. Mark Taylor Collier, RN Lt.Cdr. Edward Campbell Hulton, RN Lt.Cdr. Alan Westbury Preston, RN (retired) Lt. Robin Richard Whalley, RN HMS Leith is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Leith (L 36 / U 36)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Gilbert Ridley Waymouth, RN | 1 Nov 1938 | 2 Sep 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. Roland Charlton Allen, RN | 2 Sep 1940 | 21 Mar 1941 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Mark Taylor Collier, RN | 21 Mar 1941 | 24 Jun 1941 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Campbell Hulton, RN | 24 Jun 1941 | 30 May 1943 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Alan Westbury Preston, RN | 30 May 1943 | 20 Mar 1945 |
| 6 | Lt. Robin Richard Whalley, RN | 20 Mar 1945 | Jul 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Leith include:
28 Aug 1940
HMS Leith (Cdr. G.R. Waymouth, RN) picks up 27 survivors from the Finnish merchant Elle that was torpedoed and sunk north-east of Ireland in position 57º43'N, 12º18'W by the German submarine U-101.
18 Oct 1940
HMS Leith (Cdr. R.C. Allen, RN) picks up 19 survivors from the Estonian merchant Nora that was torpedoed and sunk on 13 October 1940 by the German submarine U-103 north-east of Ireland in position 57º02'N, 13º11'W.
19 Oct 1940
HMS Leith (Cdr. R.C. Allen, RN) picks up 34 survivors from the British merchant Assyrian and 19 survivors from the Dutch merchant Soesterberg that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-101 about 100 nautical miles west by north of Barra Head, Outer Hebrides in position 57º12'N, 10º43'W.
26 Sep 1941
The British merchant Lapwing is torpedoed and sunk north-north-east of the Azores, in position 47º40'N, 23º30'W by the German submarine U-203. HMS Leith (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hulton, RN) later picks up 1 survivor.
29 Aug 1942
HMS Leith (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hulton, RN) picks up 68 survivors from the Dutch merchant Zuiderkerk that was torpedoed and damaged the previous day by the German submarine U-566 west-north-west of Lisbon, Portugal in position 40º20'N, 16º02'W. The Zuiderkerk was finally sunk with shallow set depth charges by HMS Erne.