| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 158 |
| Built by | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 6 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 29 Mar 1941 |
| Commissioned | 19 Jul 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to the Italian Navy on 22 January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Burra (T 158)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Charles Burston Rosenthal, RNVR | 19 Apr 1941 | 25 Sep 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William John Cuthbert Harrison, RNVR | 25 Sep 1941 | Dec 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Charles Rowland Eardley Childers, RNVR | Dec 1943 | mid 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Norman Frank Francis, RNVR | mid 1944 |
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Notable events involving Burra include:
1 Jul 1942
HMS Burra (T/Lt. W.J.C. Harrison, RNVR) picks up 4 survivors from the small British merchant Marilyse Moller that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-97 north-east of Port Said in position 31°22'N, 33°44'E.
30 Mar 1943
HMS Burra (T/Lt. W.J.C. Harrison, RNVR) picks up the sole survivor from the small Egyptian merchant Rousdi that was torpedoed and sunk two days earlier by German U-boat U-81 north-west of Majdal in position 31°46'N, 34°23'E.