| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 1591 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 30 Oct 1905 |
| Commissioned | Nov 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed on 1 January 1906. Originally named HMS Bengal but renamed HMS Staunch in 1939 / 1940. Scrapped at Charlestown on 20 May 1955. |
| Former name | HMS Bengal |
Commands listed for HMS Staunch (FY 1591)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | S M Norton, RNR | 1 Dec 1939 | early 1940 | |
| 2 | Skr. John Donaldson, RNR | 19 Jun 1940 | 30 Apr 1941 (+) | |
| 3 | T/Skr. Charles Henry Winter, RNR | 30 Apr 1941 | 28 May 1941 | |
| 4 | Horace Stevens, RNVR | 28 May 1941 | mid 1941 | |
| 5 | T/S.Lt. Walter William Jobson, RNVR | mid 1941 | 7 Sep 1941 | |
| 6 | T/Lt. Frederic Kenneth Butler, RNVR | 7 Sep 1941 | early 1944 | |
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