| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 900 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 11 Jun 1930 |
| Commissioned | |
| Lost | 5 Aug 1943 |
| History | Completed in July 1930. HMT Red Gauntled (T/Lt. James Noel Childs, RNVR) was torpedoed and sunk by the German motor torpedo boat S-86 off Felixstowe on 5 August 1943. |
Commands listed for HMS Red Gauntlet (FY 900)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/Skr. Edward Hutchinson, RNR | 23 Mar 1940 | late 1940 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Ralph Maxwell Sandbach, RN | 3 Feb 1941 | 13 Oct 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt. Henry Elphinstone Jackson, RN | 13 Oct 1941 | 22 Jun 1942 | |
| 4 | T/Lt. Robert Duncombe Thoburn, RNR | 22 Jun 1942 | 3 Aug 1942 | |
| 5 | Lt. Montague Harris, RN | 3 Aug 1942 | 23 Jan 1943 | |
| 6 | James Noel Childs, RNVR | 23 Jan 1943 | 5 Aug 1943 (+) | |
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