| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Banff |
| Pennant | Y 92 |
| Built by | General Engineering & Drydock Co. (Oakland, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 16 Nov 1929 |
| Commissioned | 31 May 1941 |
| End service | 23 Apr 1946 |
| History | She was returned to the United States on 23 April 1946. Her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold on 4 October 1950. |
| Former name | USCGC Itasca |
Commands listed for HMS Gorleston (Y 92)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) Ronald William Keymer, RN | 6 Jul 1941 | 10 Nov 1943 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. William Horace Clifton Wood-Roe, RD, RNR | 10 Nov 1943 | 16 Dec 1943 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Alan Emerson Leonard, RNZNVR | 16 Dec 1943 | 25 Jan 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Marcus Berlyn, SANF(V) | 25 Jan 1945 | Sep 1945 |
| 5 | Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC, RN | Sep 1945 | 29 Sep 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Gorleston include:
24 Sep 1941
HMS Gorleston (Cdr. R.W. Keymer, (retired), RN) picks up 26 survivors from the British merchant St. Clair II that was torpedoed and sunk west-northwest of the Canary Islands in position 30°25'N, 23°35'W by German U-boat U-67.
HMS Gorleston also picks up 68 survivors from the British merchant John Holt and 47 survivors from the British merchant Lafian that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-107 southwest of Madeira in position 31°12'N, 23°32'W.
19 Aug 1942
HMS Gorleston (Cdr. R.W. Keymer, (retired), RN) picks up 49 survivors from the British merchant City of Manila that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-406 west of Cape Finisterre in position 43°21'N, 18°20'W.