| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type I) |
| Pennant | L 25 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 11 Apr 1939 |
| Laid down | 22 Aug 1939 |
| Launched | 5 Jul 1940 |
| Commissioned | 8 Nov 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 1 November 1956 and scrapped at Barrow. |
Commands listed for HMS Southdown (L 25)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Edward Reignier Conder, DSO, DSC, RN | 10 Sep 1940 | 5 Feb 1941 |
| 2 | Cdr. Geoffrey Neame Loriston-Clarke, RN | 5 Feb 1941 | 15 Jan 1942 |
| 3 | Lt. James Bogue Marjoribanks, RN | 15 Jan 1942 | 22 Aug 1942 |
| 4 | Capt. Selwyn Victor Jephson, RN | 22 Aug 1942 | 29 Sep 1942 |
| 5 | Lt. James Bogue Marjoribanks, RN | 29 Sep 1942 | Aug 1943 |
| 6 | Lt. Timothy Claude Upton Fanshawe, RN | Aug 1943 | Feb 1945 |
| 7 | Lt.Cdr. Alfred Thomas Morgan, DSC, RNVR | Feb 1945 | 11 Sep 1945 |
| 8 | Lt. Archibald Norman MacPherson, RN | 11 Sep 1945 | early 1946 |
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