HMS Cleveland (L46)

HMS Cleveland (L46) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun, and launched on 24 April 1940. She was adopted by the civil community of Middlesbrough then in the North Riding of Yorkshire, as part of the Warship Week campaign in 1942.

Service history
On commissioning in 1940 she completed work ups for service in Home waters, both the North sea and the English Channel which continued throughout 1941 and 1942. During April 1943 she was nominated for service in the Mediterranean. During that year she provided cover for the allied landings in Sicily and Salerno. During the following year she was again deployed in the Mediterranean and the Aegean.

On 29 September 1945 Cleveland sailed from Gibraltar to Devonport and was placed in reserve. She was sold for scrapping and was wrecked on the Gower peninsula near Swanse en route to the breakers yard. The wreck was stripped and blown up on 14 December 1959.