| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type III) |
| Pennant | L 16 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 28 Jul 1940 |
| Laid down | 2 Sep 1941 |
| Launched | 23 Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18 Mar 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Dunston on 2 September 1959. |
Commands listed for HMS Stevenstone (L 16)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Peter Barthrop North Lewis, DSC, RN | 23 Feb 1943 | Nov 1943 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry McLean Duff-Still, DSO, RNVR | Nov 1943 | 9 Sep 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Edward Gerard Napier Mansfield, RN | 9 Sep 1944 | early 1945 |
| 4 | A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Alexander Headon Owen, DSC, RN | Mar 1945 |
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Notable events involving Stevenstone include:
27 Mar 1943
HMS Usurper (Lt. D.R.O. Mott, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. John Henry Wallace, DSC, RN), HMS Troubridge (Capt. C.L. Firth, MVO, RN), HMS Lewes (Lt.Cdr. M.V. Thorburn, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN). (1)
29 Mar 1943
HMS Usurper (Lt. D.R.O. Mott, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Jamaica (Capt. Capt. J.L. Storey, RN), HMS Newcastle (Capt. P.B.R.W. William-Powlett, DSO, RN), HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN), HMCS Athabascan (Cdr. G.R. Miles, DSO, OBE, RCN) and HMS Brissenden (Lt. D.C. Beatty, RN). (1)
2 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN). (2)
8 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN). (2)
9 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Tuscan (Lt.Cdr. G.I.M. Balfour, RN), HMS Lauderdale (Lt. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN), HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN) and HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Wallace, DSC, RN). (2)
10 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Wallace, DSC, RN), HMS Lauderdale (Lt. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN) and HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN). (2)
12 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN), HMS Milne (Capt. I.M.R. Campbell, DSO, RN), HMS Troubridge (Capt. C.L. Firth, MVO, RN) and HMS Tuscan (Lt.Cdr. G.I.M. Balfour, RN). (2)
13 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Brecon (Lt.Cdr. T.D. Herrick, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Seagull (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Pollock, RN), HMS Active (Lt.Cdr. P.G. Merriman, RN) and HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/18389
- File 2.12.03.6390 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.