HMS Modeste was a Royal Navy Modified Black Swan Class Sloop built Chatham Dockyard. 

The end of the Second World War, and post-war manpower restrictions meant that Modeste was initially limited to second-line tasks, being attached to the shore establishment HMS Excellent at Portsmouth as gunnery training ship in February 1946, before transferring to the shore establishment HMS Vernon, also at Portsmouth, for use as an accommodation ship for Sea Cadets.

Note: This Royal Navy tompion came from the famous Ferrers Walker collection. Mr Ferrers Walker spent a lifetime collecting the largest and most significant WW1 and WW2 Naval history artefacts. He gave his collection to Portsmouth Naval Museum to exhibit.