| 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 |
| Noteable events involving Cotton include: 29 Apr, 1945 |
