| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | |
| Pennant | FY 198 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 19 Sep, 1933 |
| Commissioned | Aug, 1939 |
| Lost | 15 Mar, 1940 |
| Loss position | 51.00N, 01.35E (See a map) |
| History | Completed in October 1933. Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939. Displacement: 398 tons. HMT Peridot (Skipper Walter Hartcourt Burgess, RNR) was mined in the English Channel about 12 nautical miles south-east of Dover in position 51º00'N, 01º35'E. Commanding Officers: |
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