| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 95 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 5 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 21 Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 5 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 Dec 1941 |
| End service | 7 May 1946 |
| History | Lent to the Royal Hellenic Navy on 7 May 1946 being renamed Aigaion. |
Commands listed for HMS Lauderdale (L 95)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. George Dudley Pound, RN | 23 Nov 1941 | 2 Oct 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. Roland Lindsay Boddy, RN | 2 Oct 1943 | Feb 1945 |
| 3 | Lt. John Hubert Ackland Benians, DSC, RN | 1 Feb 1945 | mid 1946 |
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Notable events involving Lauderdale include:
6 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Lauderdale (Lt. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN) and HMS Lewes (Lt.Cdr. M.V. Thorburn, DSC, RNVR). (1)
9 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Tuscan (Lt.Cdr. G.I.M. Balfour, RN), HMS Lauderdale (Lt. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN), HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN) and HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Wallace, DSC, RN). (1)
10 Apr 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Wallace, DSC, RN), HMS Lauderdale (Lt. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN) and HMS Stevenstone (Lt. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN). (1)
9 Aug 1945
Lauderdale's last tour with the Royal Navy was her refit for loan to Greece.
Her route was as follows: 9 August 45 Portsmouth 12 August 45 Gibraltar 13 August 45 Casablanca 16 August 45 Freetown 31 August 45 Cape town 6 September 45 Durban dry-dock for refit She left Durban on 16 January 1946 with a crew of 152 to Gibraltar via Aden, Port Said, Suez and Malta Handed over to Greece on 7 May 1946. (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6390 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- Personal communication