HMT Lord Hailsham (FY109) was a Royal Navy vessel that saw service in the Second World War.

[1] Lord Hailsham was a trawler converted to be used in anti-submarine warfare.

Lord Hailsham was on convoy duty when she was sunk on 27 February 1943 in Lyme Bay by German E-boats.

[1][2] At the time she was one of five armed ships, led by the Hunt Class destroyer HMS Blencathra, escorting a convoy of eight merchant vessels from South Wales to Southampton.

One of her crew, Seaman James Robert Beatty (Royal Naval Reserve), was Mentioned in Despatches due to his prompt action which helped to save lives when the ship was hit.