| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Banff |
| Pennant | Y 88 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 7 Oct 1931 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1941 |
| End service | May 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Returned to the United States in May 1946. She was renamed USCGC Mocoma and designated WPG-163. Recommissioned in the Coast Guard on 20 March 1947. Decommissioned on 8 May 1950. Sold on 15 July 1955. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. S.G.C. Rawson, RN Lt.Cdr. Leslie Ernest Woodhouse, RN T/A/Lt.Cdr. Hector Edward Tourtel, RNR T/A/Lt.Cdr. George David Davies, DSC, RNR HMS Totland is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | USCG Cayuga |
Commands listed for HMS Totland (Y 88)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Selwyn Gerold Caygill Rawson, RN | Jun 1941 | ??? | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Leslie Ernest Woodhouse, RN | ??? | 7 Jul 1943 | |
| 3 | Hector Edward Tourtel, RNR | 7 Jul 1943 | 23 Oct 1944 | |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. George David Davies, DSC, RNR | 23 Oct 1944 | Jul 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Totland include:
21 May 1942
HMS Totland (Lt.Cdr. S.G.C. Rawson, RN) picks up 12 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36º53'N, 22º55'W.
23 Feb 1943
The German submarine U-522 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic south-west of Madeira in position 31º27'N, 26º22'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Totland (Lt.Cdr. L.E. Woodhouse). (see map)
23 Feb 1943
HMS Totland (Lt.Cdr. L.E. Woodhouse) picks up 65 survivors from the American tanker Esso Baton Rouge that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-202 about 400 nautical miles south of the Azores in position 31º15'N, 27º22'W.
HMS Totland also picks up 53 survivors from the British tanker Empire Norseman that was torpedoed and damaged by German submarine U-382 about 400 nautical miles south of the Azores. The damaged Empire Norseman was hit a few minutes later by another torpedo this time fired by U-202. 1.5 hours later the drifting wreck of the Empire Norseman was sunk by a coup de grâce from U-558.