| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed boarding vessel |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 18 Aug 1925 |
| Commissioned | 1940 |
| Lost | 18 Aug 1944 |
| History | Former cargo vessel completed on 28 September 1925. Displacement: 757 GRT. Dimensions: 67.1 x 10.2 feet. Armament: 1 12pdr AA. Speed: 14 knots. Became a barrage balloon vessel in 1943. HMS Fratton (Cdr. Kenelm Jocelyn Townesend Hutchings, RD, RNR) was sunk on 18 August 1944 off Normandy by a German human torpedo. |
Commands listed for HMS Fratton
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Alan George Roberts, RNR | 24 Jul 1940 | 21 Apr 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. Kenelm Jocelyn Townesend Hutchings, RD, RNR | 21 Apr 1944 | 18 Aug 1944 |
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