| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | |
| Pennant | FY 223 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 24 Nov 1934 |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in December 1934. Returned to her owner in March 1946. |
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Noteable events involving Leicester City include:
4 May 1940
HMT Leicester City (T/Lt. A.R. Cornish, RNR) picks up 40 survivors from the British tanker San Tiburcio that was sunk 4 nautical miles south-east of Tarbett Ness, Moray Firth in position 57º46'N, 03º45'W after hitting a mine laid on 10 February 1940 by the German submarine U-9.
7 May 1945
HMT Valse and HMT Leicester City together pick up 19 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Sneland I that was torpedoed and sunk near May Island in the Firth of Forth in position 56º10'N, 02º31'W by the German submarine U-2336.