| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Grimsby |
| Pennant | L 53 / U 53 |
| Built by | Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 30 Apr 1934 |
| Launched | 5 Feb 1935 |
| Commissioned | 20 Aug 1935 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold 8 March 1948. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. George Arthur Thring, RN Lt.Cdr. Hugh Robert White, RN T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry Ogle Morris, RNR HMS Deptford is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Deptford (L 53 / U 53)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Charles Alfred Evelyn Stanfield, RN | 11 Jan 1938 | 19 Jan 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. George Arthur Thring, RN | 19 Jan 1940 | 3 May 1941 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Hugh Robert White, RN | 3 May 1941 | 1944 ? |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry Ogle Morris, RNR | 1944 ? | Jul 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Deptford include:
9 Feb 1941
HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr. G.A. Thring, DSO, RN) picks up 26 survivors from the British merchants Courland and Estrellano that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-37 about 160 nautical miles south-west of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal in position 35º53'N, 13º13'W. One of them died of wounds and was buried at sea the next day.
31 May 1941
HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr H.R. White, RN) picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant Gravelines which had been torpedoed by U-147 north-west of Bloody Foreland in position 56º00'N, 11º13'W.
21 Sep 1941
The British merchant Runa is torpedoed and sunk north-north-east of the Azores in position 46º20'N, 22º23'W by the German submarine U-201. HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr. H.R. White, RN) later picks up 9 survivors.
21 Dec 1941
The German submarine U-567 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 44º02'N, 20º10'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr. H.R. White, RN) and the British corvette HMS Samphire (Lt.Cdr. F.T. Renny, DSC, RNR). (see map)