HMS Finisterre (D55) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after one of the battles of Cape Finisterre. Finisterre was built by Fairfield Shipbuilder & Engineering Company of Govan on the Clyde. She was launched on the on 22 June 1944 and commissioned on the on 11 September 1945.

Finisterre joined the Home Fleet upon her commissioning. After being in the Far East for some time, in which she performed a variety of duties there, Finisterre returned to the UK, via the Mediterranean. In January 1950, Finisterre took part in the rescue attempt of the submarine HMS Truculent , which had sunk after a collision with the Swedish merchant ship Divina in the Thames Estuary, resulting in the loss of ten of the submarine's crew. In 1951 Finisterre became the Gunnery Training Ship, being based at Whale Island Portsmouth.

In 1953, Finisterre took part in the Coronation Review to celebrate the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II, with Finisterre being on the left of her sister-ship St. James .

The following year Finisterre was placed in Reserve. In 1959, her sister-ship Hogue collided with an Indian cruiser; Finisterre replaced her in the 1st Destroyer Squadron , based in the Far East, though she did not reach the region until 1960. Finisterre, as part of that squadron, subsequently saw service with the Home and Mediterranean Fleets. She was sold for scrap in 1965, being broken-up two years later at Dalmuir .

See HMS Finisterre for other ships of the same name.