| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Halcyon |
| Pennant | J 84 |
| Mod | Second group |
| Built by | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) : Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 4 Sep 1936 |
| Laid down | 17 Dec 1936 |
| Launched | 22 Dec 1937 |
| Commissioned | 17 Aug 1938 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in February 1956. |
Commands listed for HMS Franklin (J 84)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Wheatstone Sabine, RN | Aug 1938 | Feb 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Hugh Percival Price, DSO, RN | Feb 1941 | 11 May 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Henry John Corlandt Stokes, RN | 11 May 1942 | 15 Jan 1944 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Edmund George Irving, RN | 15 Jan 1944 | 6 Mar 1946 |
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