| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 177 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 4 Feb 1935 |
| Commissioned | Oct 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in February 1935. Sold in January or February 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Lydiard (FY 177)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Skr. Alexander Robertson Milne, RNR | 23 Oct 1939 | 9 Feb 1940 |
| 2 | Skr. William Richard Alward Hicks, RNR | 9 Feb 1940 | 2 Apr 1940 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Kenneth Currie, RNR | 2 Apr 1940 | 5 Oct 1940 |
| 4 | Lt. David Mirylees Gibb, RNR | 5 Oct 1940 | Sep 1941 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Francis Albert Seward, RNR | Sep 1941 | mid 1944 ? |
| 6 | T/Lt. Ronald Charles Jordan, RNVR | mid 1944 | Nov 1944 |
| 7 | A/Ch.Skr. (A/Skr.Lt.) Alfred Walter Craig, DSC, RNR | Nov 1944 | early 1945 |
| 8 | T/Skr. Alexander Gordon Wignall, RNR | early 1945 |
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Notable events involving Lydiard include:
2 Oct 1941
The destroyer HMAS Vendetta (Lt.Cdr. C.J. Stephenson, RAN) and corvette HMS Hyacinth (T/Lt. F.C. Hopkins, DSC, RNR) departed Haifa for an A/S search as the A/S trawler HMS Lydiard (T/Lt. F.A. Seward, RNR) had attacked an A/S contact earlier in the day with possible success.
No further A/S contact was obtained and the hunt was abandoned the following day with HMAS Vendetta and HMS Hyacinth returning to Haifa. (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/415 + ADM 199/2546 + Report of proceedings of HMAS Vendetta for November 1941
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.