Scrapped 4 July 1945.

Commanding Officers:
HMS Derby was laid up in reserve at Singapore when the Second World War started

Lt.Cdr. William Napier Petch, RN
October 1939 – March 1940

Lt. F.C.V. Brightman, RN
March 1940 – June 1941

Lt.Cdr. Archibald Frederick MacFie, OBE, RNR
June 1941 - ???

Lt. Charles David Sampson, RNVR
??? – October 1942

Lt.Cdr. Sidney Lord Bannister Maybury, RN
October 1942 – 10 May 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Daniel Walter Scholes, RNVR
10 May 1944 – still listed in the October 1944 Navy List

HMS Denby is not listed as active unit in the January 1945 Navy List