| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 510 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 8 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 81 but not named. Returned to the USN on 26 November 1945. Stricken and scrapped. Commanding Officers: Lt. Dudley Leslie Davenport, RN T/Lt. William Alexander Wood, RANVR |
| Former name | DE 81 |
Commands listed for HMS Cotton (K 510)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Isaac William Trant Beloe, RN | 8 Nov 1943 | 25 Jun 1945 |
| 2 | Lt. Dudley Leslie Davenport, RN | 25 Jun 1945 | 29 Aug 1945 |
| 3 | T/Lt. William Alexander Wood, RANVR | 29 Aug 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Cotton include:
29 Apr 1945
The German submarine U-286 was sunk in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Russia, in position 69º29'N, 33º37'E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, DSC, RNVR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and HMS Cotton (Lt.Cdr. I.W.T. Beloe, RN). (see map)