Easton spent most of the Second World War in the Mediterranean Sea, where she took part in the sinking of two submarines, before returning to Britain in 1945.

[1] The Hunt class was meant to fill the Royal Navy's need for a large number of small destroyer-type vessels capable of both convoy escort and operations with the fleet.

[4] 345 long tons (351 t) of oil fuel were carried, giving a range of 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[6][8] Easton was laid down at White's Cowes, Isle of Wight shipyard on 25 March 1941, was launched on 11 July 1942 and completed on 7 December 1942.

[9] On 17 February 1943, Easton and sister ship Wheatland sank the Italian submarine Asteria off Bougie in Algeria.

A refit at Sheerness started on 8 August 1947, but was abandoned on 2 September owing to the poor condition of the ship which dated back to the collision damage received when sinking U-458 in 1943.