| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty Leader |
| Pennant | D 19 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Mar 1918 |
| Launched | 29 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 14 Dec 1919 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 July 1945. Commanding Officers: Capt. Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN Capt. Thomas Edgar Halsey, RN Lt.Cdr. Arthur Edward Tolfrey Christie, RN Cdr. Clarence Dirsmore Howard-Johnston, DSC, RN A/Cdr. Archibald Boyd Russell, RN Cdr. John Marston Money, RN Lt. Ian Mosley Clegg, RN ??? Cdr. Hugh Lloyd-Williams, DSO, RNVR HMS Malcolm is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Malcolm (D 19)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Capt. Thomas Edgar Halsey, DSO, RN | 31 Jul 1939 | 25 Jun 1940 | |
| 2 | Capt. Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN | 25 Jun 1940 | 12 Aug 1940 | |
| 3 | Capt. Thomas Edgar Halsey, DSO, RN | 12 Aug 1940 | 22 Oct 1940 | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur Edward Tolfrey Christie, RN | 22 Oct 1940 | 28 Dec 1940 | |
| 5 | Cdr. Clarence Dirsmore Howard-Johnston, RN | 28 Dec 1940 | ??? | |
| 6 | A/Cdr. Archibald Boyd Russell, RN | 6 May 1942 | 21 Dec 1942 | |
| 7 | Cdr. John Marston Money, RN | 21 Dec 1942 | May 1943 | |
| 8 | Lt. Ian Mosley Clegg, RN | May 1943 | Oct 1943 | |
| 9 | Cdr. Hugh Lloyd-Williams, DSO, RNVR | 7 Dec 1943 | Jul 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Malcolm include:
11 May 1940
HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, RN) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Tringa that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 38 one and a half miles from the West Hinder buoy at the mouth of the river Scheldt in position 51º21'N, 02º55'E.
13 Sep 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940, the British destroyers HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, DSO, RN), HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) and HMS Venomous (Lt.Cdr. J.E.H. McBeath, DSO, RN) bombard Boulogne in a sweep along the French coast.
2 Mar 1941
HMS Malcolm (Cdr. C.D. Howard-Johnston, DSC, RN) picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant Cadillac that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-552 northeast of Rockall in position 59º44'N, 11º16'W.
10 May 1941
HMS Malcolm (Cdr. C.D. Howard-Johnston, DSC, RN) picks up 11 survivors from the British merchant Empire Caribou that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-556 in the North Atlantic in position 59º28'N, 35º44'W.
29 Jun 1941
The German submarine U-651 was sunk south of Iceland, in position 59º52'N, 18º36'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Malcolm )(Cdr. C.D. Howard-Johnston, DSC, RN), HMS Scimitar (Lt. R.D. Franks, RN), the corvettes HMS Arabis (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, RNR) and HMS Violet (Lt.Cdr. K.M. Nicholson, RNR) and the minesweeper HMS Speedwell (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Youngs, OBE, RNR). (see map)
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