| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | A |
| Pennant | H 09 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 6 Mar 1928 |
| Laid down | 13 Aug 1928 |
| Launched | 8 Aug 1929 |
| Commissioned | 11 Feb 1930 |
| Lost | 8 Jun 1940 |
| History | HMS Acasta (Cdr. Charles Eric Glasfurd, RN) was sunk on 8 June 1940 while defending the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious from the German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. There was only 1 survivor. |
Commands listed for HMS Acasta (H 09)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Percy James Oliver, RN | Aug 1939 | 28 Nov 1939 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Eric Glasfurd, RN | 28 Nov 1939 | 8 Jun 1940 (+) |
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