| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Modified Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 42 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.): Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 5 Oct 1942 |
| Laid down | 15 Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 29 Jan 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 Sep 1945 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped 11 March 1961. |
Commands listed for HMS Modeste (U 42)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. James Edward Rickards Wilford, RNR | 30 Jul 1945 | 21 Jan 1946 |
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