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Laid down:	8 April 1943
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Commissioned:	2 November 1945
Decommissioned:	1960
Fate:	Sold for scrap
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HMS Lagos (D44) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Lagos which happened in 1759 off the coast of Portugal, between the Royal Navy and a French fleet, resulting in a British victory. Lagos was built by Cammel Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on the on 4 August 1944 and commissioned on the on 2 November 1945.

In 1946, Lagos deployed to the Far East with the 19th Destroyer Flotilla , but just the following year, Lagos, along with the rest of the Flotilla, returned home to the UK, visiting a variety of ports on fly-the-flag visits, mainly in Malaya. Upon returning to the UK, Lagos was placed in Reserve.

In 1957, Lagos joined the 1st Destroyer Squadron , seeing service with the Home and Mediterranean Fleets. The following year, Lagos, with the rest of the squadron, joined the Far East Fleet . In 1959, in the aftermath of her sister-ship Hogue's, which had suffered extensive damaged in a collision with the Indian warship INS Mysore, Lagos, as-well as another sister-ship, Solebay, towed Hogue to Singapore. In 1960, Lagos was decommissioned, being scrapped at Bo'ness in 1967.

See HMS Lagos for other ships of the name.