HMS Sword Dance (T132) was a naval trawler built by Henry Robb Ltd in Leith. She was laid down on 2 March 1940, and launched from the yard on 3 September 1940. She was commissioned into H.M. Forces on 20th of January 1941. It was considered to be part of "The Little Ship Navy" and carried out minesweeping and anti-submarine duties. It is similar to Tree-class trawlers and Isles-class trawlers.
Sword Dance had a overall length of or , a beam of or with a draught of or . She had a complement of 35 or 40 officers and ratings and her coal-fired reciprocating engine had one shaft producing . Her single propeller gave her a speed of or . She was equipped with one gun and three anti-aircraft guns. Her displacement was 530 tons or 545 tons.
During the early hours of 5 July 1942, whilst acting as escort to the East coast convoy WN 5, Sword Dance was rammed in dense fog by one of merchant ships of the convoy, Thyra-II. The starboard coalbunker was holed in, the engine room rapidly flooded, and Sword Dance sank in less than an hour. The ship was in Moray Firth when she sank.