| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type III) |
| Pennant | L 75 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons |
| Ordered | 28 Jul 1940 |
| Laid down | 1 May 1941 |
| Launched | 2 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 24 Oct 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Dunston on 18 May 1958. |
Commands listed for HMS Haydon (L 75)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Roland Chisnell Watkin, RN | 20 Jul 1942 | 14 Jan 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Richard George Ralph Clay, RN | 14 Jan 1944 | Jun 1945 |
| 3 | Cdr. James Marjoribanks Rowland, DSO, RN | Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Haydon include:
20 Jan 1943
HMS Sturgeon (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Mers el Kebir with HMAS Quiberon (Cdr. H.W.S. Browning, OBE, RN) and HMS Haydon (Lt. R.C. Watkin, RN). (1)
24 Jan 1943
HMS Sturgeon (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Mers el Kebir with HMS Haydon (Lt. R.C. Watkin, RN) and HMS Puckeridge (Lt. J.C. Cartwright, DSC, RN). (1)
5 Feb 1943
HMS Sturgeon (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Mers el Kebir with HMS Venomous (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, DSO, DSC, RN) and HMS Haydon (Lt. R.C. Watkin, RN). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/18142
- ADM 173/18143
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.