Duties under Norwegian command.2C and later career HMS Badsworth (L03)

arendal @ kungsholmen, stockholm.

in september, arendal nominated duty 16th destroyer flotilla, based @ harwich, after completing shipyard work, carrying out harbour trial, post refit trial, destroyer ready again operational service, joining flotilla @ harwich patrol , escort duties in north sea , channel.

the destroyer saw action on 25 march 1945 against minelaying e-boats in thames estuary polish destroyer orp krakowiak. continuation of ship’s loan royal norwegian navy approved after ve day, ship continuing deployed royal norwegian navy on loan royal navy. arendal destroyer escort in operation kingdom, embarkation of crown prince of norway aboard hms ariadne return oslo. after return norway arendal made return trip uk, when sailed in september 1945 leith , retrieved 400 urns containing ashes of norwegians had died in uk during war. urns placed 40 each in 10 crates on aft deck, each of crates decorated large flower bouquet. before ship left port cargo norwegian priest belonging norwegian church abroad held service on board. when destroyer arrived in oslo met king haakon vii, crown prince olav, prince harald , bishop eivind berggrav, military units , large crowd of people. arendal escorted landing vessels united kingdom norway, landing vessels having been bought norwegian government conversion coastal ferries , cargo vessels. on several occasions arendal sailed germany, escorting vessels carrying german soldiers being repatriated bremerhaven in north-western germany. arendal bought norway after end of hostilities, in 1946. ship remained in operational use escort destroyer until 1956, when classified frigate. arendal used training ship cadets, before being removed active list in 1961. scrapped in 1965.