| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 1853 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 7 Jul 1917 |
| Commissioned | Apr 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed on 24 December 1917. Returned to her owner in January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Ceylonite (FY 1853)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Skr. Benjamin Nicholson, RNR | 30 Jul 1940 | 6 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Grange Harding, RNVR | 6 Dec 1940 | 19 May 1941 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Richard Thomas Gilling, RNR | 19 May 1941 | Jul 1941 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Cecil Charles Henry Diaper, RNVR | Jul 1941 | 31 Oct 1941 |
| 5 | T/Skr. Frederick Leonard Stather, RNR | 31 Oct 1941 | 1 Jan 1942 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Herbert Norman Weston, RNVR | 1 Jan 1942 | 16 May 1942 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Robert Duncombe Thoburn, RNR | 16 May 1942 | 20 Jun 1942 |
| 8 | T/Lt. Herbert Norman Weston, RNVR | 20 Jun 1942 | 4 Jan 1943 |
| 9 | T/Lt. Harold Turnbull, RNVR | 4 Jan 1943 | 4 Nov 1943 |
| 10 | Arthur Edgar Thatcher, RNVR | 4 Nov 1943 | 27 Mar 1944 |
| 11 | T/Lt. Harold Turnbull, RNVR | 27 Mar 1944 | 19 Aug 1944 |
| 12 | T/Skr. W S Smith, RNR | 19 Aug 1944 | late 1945 |
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