two ships of the royal navy have been named hms middleton after the middleton hunt: *middleton (l74), launched in 1941, was a type ii hunt-class destroyer. she served in world war ii and was scrapped in 1958. *middleton (m34), launched in 1983, is a hunt-class minesweeper. in addition, one ship has carried the name hms lord middleton: *lord middleton (fy219), was a requisitioned naval trawler which served in the second world war. she was taken over by the admiralty in 1939 and returned to her original owners in 1945.   
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