| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Grimsby |
| Pennant | L 97 / U 97 |
| Built by | Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth,U.K.): Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 1 Mar 1935 |
| Laid down | 12 Jun 1935 |
| Launched | 22 Jan 1936 |
| Commissioned | 17 Sep 1936 |
| End service | |
| History | HMS Aberdeen is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Sold 16 December 1948. |
Commands listed for HMS Aberdeen (L 97 / U 97)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Harry Philip Currey, RN | 5 Apr 1939 | 3 Oct 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. Bernard Jasper de St. Croix, RN | 3 Oct 1940 | 26 Jan 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. Stanley Gordon Rivers-Smith, RN | 26 Jan 1941 | 2 Oct 1942 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Hugh Day, RN | 2 Oct 1942 | 31 Jan 1944 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Robert William Mayo, RN | 31 Jan 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Aberdeen include:
17 Dec 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. M. Willmott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Holyhead with HMS Aberdeen (Cdr. B.J. de St. Croix, RN). (1)
5 Jan 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. M. Willmott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Holyhead with HMS Aberdeen (Cdr. B.J. de St. Croix, RN) and another vessel [unable to read the name in the log of HMS H 50]. (2)
7 Nov 1941
HMS H 44 (Lt. J.S. Stevens, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. S.G. Rivers-Smith, RN) and HMS Hartland (Lt.Cdr. G.P. Billot, RNR). (3)
8 Nov 1941
HMS H 44 (Lt. J.S. Stevens, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. S.G. Rivers-Smith, RN) and HMS Hartland (Lt.Cdr. G.P. Billot, RNR). (3)
3 Mar 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. R.B. Lakin, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Walney (Lt.Cdr. P.C. Meyrick, RN) and HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. S.G. Rivers-Smith, RN). (4)
22 Apr 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with
HMS Hartland (Lt.Cdr. G.P. Billot, RNR), HMS Dianthus (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) C.E. Bridgman, RNR), HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. G.W. Gregorie, RNR), HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. J.H. Stubbs, RCN) and HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. S.G. Rivers-Smith, RN). (5)
20 Aug 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Walney (Lt.Cdr. P.C. Meyrick, RN), HMS Aberdeen (Lt. S.G. Rivers-Smith, RN), HMS Enchantress (Lt.Cdr. A.E.T. Christie, OBE, RN), HMS Hartland (Lt.Cdr. G.P. Billot, RNR) and HMS Clare (Lt.Cdr. L.H. Landman, RN). (6)
5 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Ilfracombe (Lt.Cdr. J.E. Clark, DSC, RN), Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR), HMS Mignonette (Lt. H.H. Brown, RNR), HMS Balsam (Lt. J.E.L. Peters, RNVR), HMS Fleetwood (Cdr. W.B. Piggott, OBE, RD, RNR) and HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. H. Day, RN). (7)
3 Jun 1943
HMS Universal (Lt. C. Gordon, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Londonderry with HMS Wear (?), HMS Spey (Cdr. H.G. Boys-Smith, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. H. Day, RN), HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.W.B. Lacon, DSC, RN) and a trawler. (8)
5 Jun 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. H. Day, RN), HMS Vanquisher (Lt.Cdr. G.A.G. Ormsby, RN), HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.W.B. Lacon, DSC, RN) and HMS Mansfield (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RNR). (9)
6 Jun 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. H. Day, RN), HMS Vanquisher (Lt.Cdr. G.A.G. Ormsby, RN), HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.W.B. Lacon, DSC, RN). (9)
Sources
- ADM 173/16335
- ADM 173/16789
- ADM 173/16787
- ADM 173/17247
- ADM 173/17248
- ADM 173/17216
- ADM 173/17814
- ADM 173/18351
- ADM 173/17783
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.