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'''HMS ''Badsworth'' '''([[pennant number]] L03) was an [[destroyer escort|escort destroyer]] of the [[Hunt-class destroyer#Type II|Type II Hunt class]]. The [[Royal Navy]] ordered ''Badsworth''{{'}}s construction three months after the outbreak of the [[Second World War]]. [[Cammell Laird]] laid down her keel at their [[Birkenhead]] yard on 15 May 1940, as Admiralty Job No. J3260 (Yard No. 1055). After a successful [[Warship Week]] national savings campaign in March 1942, ''Badsworth'' was adopted by the civil community of [[Batley]], then in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref name="navhisnet">{{citation| url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Badsworth.htm|title=HMS Badsworth, Escort Destroyer | publisher=naval-history.net | access-date=2009-07-21}}</ref> The ship was named after a fox-hunt in [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="navhisnet" /><ref name="fox">{{citation| url=http://www.foxhunters.net/badsworth/|title=The Badsworth| publisher=foxhunters.net | access-date=2009-07-21}}</ref>

''Badsworth'' began her career on convoy duty in the [[Western Approaches|North Western Approaches]]. However, in June 1942 she took up the role of close escort in [[Operation Harpoon (1942)|Convoy Harpoon]], aiming to deliver vital supplies to the beleaguered island of [[Malta]].<ref>{{cite web | title = War in the Mediterranean | publisher = The Royal Navy | url = http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3862 | access-date = 2009-07-21 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081016203025/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3862 | archive-date = 2008-10-16 }} 'The Mediterranean campaign revolved around the island of Malta, where the British based surface ships, submarines and aircraft to attack the supplies for Italian and German armies in North Africa. Major convoy operations were mounted to sustain Malta and the island narrowly survived.'</ref> The convoy met fierce attacks from the besieging Italian and German forces with only two out of the initial six merchant ships reaching Malta.  Whilst entering the [[Grand Harbour]] ''Badsworth'' struck a mine, sustaining heavy damage. She was towed back for temporary repairs, afterwards leaving the island and heading towards [[River Tyne|Tyne]] for further repairs. In November 1942 ''Badsworth'' rejoined the ''Londonderry Escort Force'' by escorting [[Arctic convoys of World War II|a convoy headed to Murmansk]].  In March 1943 she returned to the [[Mediterranean]] for another Malta convoy, striking another mine on 22 April 1943. Towed to [[Liverpool]] for repairs, the ''Badsworth'' was then transferred to the [[Norwegian Armed Forces in exile|exiled]] [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] under the name '''HNoMS ''Arendal'''''.<ref name="Peregontsev">{{citation | last = Peregontsev| title = [[#Peregontsev|Korabli Vtoroi Mirovoi Voiny, 1939-1945: Spravochnik, Volume I]] |pages = 146}}</ref>

==Career==

===Early operations===
On 18 August 1941 upon build completion, and final trials the ''Badsworth'' proceeded to [[Scapa Flow]]. Throughout September, the ship was readied for operational service, joining the Londonderry Escort Force. ''Badsworth'' was deployed for close convoy defence in the north-west approaches.  On 1 October ''Badsworth'' joined convoy WS-12 in the [[River Clyde|Clyde]]  with the destroyers {{HMS|Bradford|H72|2}}, {{HMS|Brighton|I08|2}}, {{HMS|Lancaster|G05|2}} and {{HMS|Newark|G08|2}} as local escorts during the convoy's passage in the north-western approaches, detaching from WS-12 and returning to the Clyde on 3 October.<ref>{{citation | last = Rohwer, Hümmelchen| title = [[#RohHumm|Chronology of the war at sea 1939-1945: the naval history of world War Two]] | page = 104}}</ref>

On 13 November ''Badsworth'' joined military convoy WS-12Z in the Clyde, with {{HMS|Exmoor|L61|2}}, {{HMS|Vanquisher|D54|2}}, {{HMS|Witch|D89|2}} and {{HMS|Whitehall|D94|2}} again as local escort in the approaches, detaching from the convoy on 16 November. On 13 December ''Badsworth'' joined military convoy WS14 in its passage from the Clyde to the north west approaches for ocean escort duties with the battleship {{HMS|Ramillies|07|2}} and the destroyer {{HMS|Beaufort|L14|2}}. ''Badsworth'' detached from WS-14 on 21 December with the [[armed merchant cruiser]] {{HMS|Cilicia|F54|2}}, ''Beaufort'' and the local escort on arrival to [[Freetown]].

===Service in the Arctic===
The passage from [[West Africa]] to resume convoy defence at [[Derry]] was completed in January 1942, with the ''Badsworth'' being deployed in continuation at Derry in February.  On 23 March ''Badsworth'' joined military convoy WS-17 at the Clyde, with the destroyers {{HMS|Beverley||2}},  {{HMS|Keppel|D84|2}}, {{HMS|Newport|G54|2}}, {{HMS|Leamington|G19|2}} and {{HMS|Volunteer|D71|2}} as escorts during the convoy’s passage in the north western approaches. On 25 March ''Newport'' retired to the Clyde after colliding with ''Beverley''. The local escort, ''Badsworth'' included, detached from the convoy on 27 March.<ref name="navhisnet"/>

During April, ''Badsworth'' was nominated for detached service in support of a planned combined services operation, named ''Operation Myrmidon''.<ref>{{citation | last =  Macksey| title = [[#Macksey|Commando: hit-and-run combat in World War II, Part 794]] | page = 83}}</ref> The destroyer escorted the infantry landing ships {{HMS|Queen Emma||2}} and her sister-ship {{HMS|Princess Beatrix||2}} with four other Hunt-class destroyers to attack shipping in [[Bayonne]], by Number One and Number Six Commando Units.<ref>{{citation | last =  Smith| title = [[#Smith|Hold the narrow sea: naval warfare in the English Channel, 1939-1945]] | page = 160}}</ref><ref>{{citation | last =  Macksey| title = [[#Macksey|Commando: hit-and-run combat in World War II, Part 794]] | page = 86}}</ref> The raid was unsuccessful both because of weather conditions and due to the enemy’s state of alert.<ref>{{citation | last =  Macksey| title = [[#Macksey|Commando: hit-and-run combat in World War II, Part 794]] | page = 89}}</ref> Released early from ''Myrmidon'', ''Badsworth'' returned to Derry, joining military convoy WS-18 on 18 April with the destroyers  {{HMS|Georgetown||2}}, {{HMS|Lauderdale|L95|2}} and ''Lancaster.'' The escorting ships detached from VB-18 with same ships and returned to Clyde.

''Badsworth'' was then nominated for escort duties for the Russian convoy routes.  On 28 April the destroyer took over ocean escort duties for the convoy [[Convoy PQ 15|PQ 15]], with the cruiser {{HMS|Nigeria|60|2}}, the anti-aircraft auxiliary ship {{HMS|Ulster Queen||2}}, and the destroyers {{HMS|Boadicea|H65|2}}, {{HMS|Matchless|G52|2}}, {{HMS|Somali|F33|2}}, {{HMS|Venomous|D75|2}} and {{HMS|St Albans|I15|2}}.{{Ref_label|A|a|none}} On 2 May the ''Badsworth'' found herself under sustained attacks by aircraft and submarines. The merchant vessel {{SS|Botavon||2}} was hit, and settled down by her bow. The merchantman sank slowly, and ''Badsworth'' was ordered to sink her by gunfire.<ref name= "ADM199_721"/> During one of these sorties, ''Badsworth'' dropped [[depth charge]]s, seeing a periscope shortly afterwards she counterattacked, dropping two Patterns. The destroyer reported that the submarine blew its tanks, but nothing appeared. ''Badsworth'' was unable to further the attack as the destroyer's [[asdic]] broke down.<ref name= "ADM199_721">{{citation| last = Admiralty |title = [[#Enquiry|ADM199/721: P.Q. and Q.P. convoys: reports]] | publisher = HMSO |year=1942}}</ref>

The day after, ''Badsworth'' assisted in the rescue of survivors from  the British merchantmen {{SS|Cape Corso||2}} and {{SS|Jutland||2}} which were sunk by air attacks. On 5 May the destroyer was detached from PQ 15 upon arrival at Murmansk. ''Badsworth'' remained in North Russia until 21 May, when she joined the ocean escort for the return convoy [[QP-12]], with ''Ulster Queen'', the destroyers ''Venomous,'' ''Boadicea'', {{HMS|Escapade|H17|2}}, {{HMS|Inglefield|D02|2}} and ''St Albans''. The convoy also included the minesweeper {{HMS|Harrier|J71|2}}  and three trawlers. On 27 May, ''Badsworth'' detached herself from the convoy, along with ''Venomous'' and ''Ulster Queen''.<ref name= "Schofield">{{citation| last = Schofield |title = [[#Schofield|The Arctic Convoy]] | publisher = Macdonald and Jane's |year=1977}}</ref>

===Escort and patrol duties in the Mediterranean===
{{See also|Operation Harpoon (1942)}}
[[File:HMS Badsworth Malta.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Badsworth'' after being hit by a mine near the Grand Harbour.]]

On 29 May, ''Badsworth'' was chosen for far escort duties of supply convoy to [[Malta]], as part of [[Operation Harpoon (1942)|Operation Harpoon]]. After preparing for the Mediterranean duties at Derry, on 6 June the destroyer joined Convoy WS-19S in the north west approaches as part of Ocean Escort for passage to Gibraltar. On 12 June, ''Badsworth'' joined the cruiser {{HMS|Cairo|D87|2}}, with a covering destroyer flotilla made up of the destroyers {{HMS|Bedouin|F67|2}}, {{HMS|Marne|G35|2}}, ''Matchless'', {{HMS|Partridge|G30|2}}, {{HMS|Ithuriel|H05|2}}, {{HMS|Blankney|L30|2}}, {{HMS|Middleton|L74|2}}  and {{ship|ORP|Kujawiak|L72|6}}.<ref>{{citation | last = Brookes| title = [[#Brooke|Destroyer]] |pages = 171}}</ref> Also part of ''Force X'' charged with leading the convoy to Malta were the minesweepers {{HMS|Hebe|J24|2}}, {{HMS|Speedy|J17|2}}, {{HMS|Hythe|J194|2}} and {{HMS|Rye|J76|2}}.<ref name="Brookes 172">{{citation | last = Brookes| title = [[#Brooke|Destroyer]] |pages = 172}}</ref> The ships set out of [[Gibraltar]] escorting the convoy through the [[Sicilian Narrows|Sicilian narrows]].<ref name="navhisnet"/><ref>{{citation | last = Smith| title = [[#Smith2|Pedestal: the Malta convoy of August, 1942]] |pages = 23}}</ref>

On 14 June, ''Badsworth'' was under heavy air attack, which damaged  {{HMS|Liverpool|C11|2}} forcing her return to Gibraltar. The day after found the convoy in action with Italian warships in their attempt to intercept and sink the convoy.<ref name="Brookes 172"/> On 16 June, ''Badsworth'' suffered major structural damage after she detonated a mine whilst entering Grand Harbour, Malta. The destroyer entered the harbour with the two merchantmen that survived the convoy. The ships’ night time arrival, along with errors in the signals received for a mine-swept path caused the convoy to pass through a minefield. ORP ''Kujawiak'' was sunk after detonating a mine, while  ''Matchless'', the minesweeper ''Hebe'' and the merchantman {{SS|Orari||2}} were also damaged.<ref>{{citation | last = Smith| title = [[#Smith2|Pedestal: the Malta convoy of August, 1942]] |pages = 26}}</ref>

''Badsworth'' had twelve by fifteen foot gash torn in her forward structure below the waterline. Among the fourteen casualties were some survivors from the merchant ships sunk during the passage to Malta. The day after the arrival, the destroyer was docked and taken for repairs at [[Malta Dockyard|HM Dockyard, Malta]]. Temporary repairs to allow a return to Great Britain took until 11 August, when ''Badsworth'' left Malta, along with the ''Matchless '' as escorts for two merchantmen to Gibraltar. The ships were tagged as Force Y, as part of ''Operation Ascendant''. These ships were the only remaining survivors of the Harpoon convoy.<ref>{{citation | last = Bradford| title = [[#Bradford|Siege: Malta 1940-1943]] |pages = 187}}</ref> Their passage back to Gibraltar was deliberately planned to coincide with that of the next Malta relief convoy, [[Operation Pedestal]].  During the passage close to the [[North Africa|North African coast]], Italian recognition marks were painted on ''Badsworth''’s forecastle. The ships arrived at Gibraltar on 15 August, with ''Badsworth'' leaving harbour three days later, heading for the United Kingdom for repairs. On 25 August, ''Badsworth'' entered the North Shields commercial shipyard for repairs.
[[File:Badsworth Liberty.jpg|thumb|300px|''Badsworth'' on 14 April 1943 escorting a Liberty-ship en route to North Africa.]]
Repairs continued until November, with post refit trails and the preparations for operational service ending in December. ''Badsworth '' rejoined the Londonderry Escort Force for convoy defence in the North Atlantic. On 18 December, the destroyer joined the military convoy WS25 with the destroyers {{HMS|Haydon|L75|2}} and {{HMS|Wolverine|D78|2}} as escort for the convoy’s route to Freetown. ''Badsworth'' detached from WS-25 along with the other destroyers and returned to the Clyde on 24 December.

From January to February 1943, ''Badsworth'' continued to provide defence for Atlantic convoys. However, she was transferred to the Mediterranean for escort and support duties with the 60th Destroyer Division.  On 16 March, as ''Badsworth '' was prepared for foreign service, she joined the joint military convoy WS-28/KMF-11 in the Clyde with the Polish destroyer {{ship|ORP|Krakowiak|L115|2}}, and the Royal Navy destroyers {{HMS|Douglas|D90|2}}, {{HMS|Eggesford|L15|2}}, {{HMS|Goathland|L27|2}}, {{HMS|Whaddon|L45|2}} and the sloops {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}} and {{HMS|Wren|U28|2}} as escorts during the convoy’s Atlantic passage.<ref>{{citation | last = Rohwer| title = [[#Rohwer|The critical convoy battles of March 1943: the battle for HX.229/SC122]] |page = 42}}</ref> ''Badsworth'' then detached from the joint convoy with other ships bound for Gibraltar, as part of KMF11.<ref name="navhisnet"/>

''Badsworth '' was thence deployed in the Western Mediterranean for convoy defence and patrol. On 22 April, she was mined at [[Bône]], Algeria, sustaining major structural damage in her aft section. ''Badsworth''’s starboard engine was immobilised, with both shafts distorted. The ship was beached, and had to be refloated and towed back into harbour by the minesweeper {{HMS|Clacton|J151|2}}. Temporary repairs were made in Malta during May, upon completion ''Badsworth'' was towed back to the United Kingdom by the tug ''Frisky'' as part of Convoy MKS-15. The destroyer was taken in hand for extensive repairs at a commercial shipyard in Liverpool in July. The destroyer was paid off from Royal Navy service and transferred on loan to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 8 August 1944. ''Badsworth '' was renamed as HNoMS ''Arendal''. The ship was decommissioned from the Royal Navy on 16 November 1944.<ref name="oldship">{{citation| url=http://www.oldships.org.uk/SHIPS/SHIP_DETAILS/BADSWORTH_D_DETAILS.htm|title=H.M.S. Badsworth, L03| publisher=oldships.org.uk| access-date=2009-07-21}}</ref>

===Duties under Norwegian command, and later career===
[[File:KNM Arendal.jpg|300px|thumb|''Arendal'' at [[Kastellholmen]], [[Stockholm]].]]
In September, ''Arendal'' was nominated for duty with the [[16th Destroyer Flotilla]], based at [[Harwich]], after completing the shipyard work, carrying out the harbour trial, a post refit trial, the destroyer was ready again for operational service, joining the flotilla at Harwich for patrol and escort duties in the [[North Sea]] and the Channel.<ref name="navhisnet"/>

The destroyer saw action on 25 March 1945 against minelaying [[E-Boat]]s in the [[Thames Estuary]] with the Polish destroyer ORP ''Krakowiak''. The continuation of the ship’s loan to the Royal Norwegian Navy was approved after [[VE Day]], with the ship continuing to be deployed with the Royal Norwegian Navy on loan from the Royal Navy. ''Arendal'' was a destroyer escort in ''Operation Kingdom'',<ref name="cprince">{{citation| url=http://www.royalnavymemories.co.uk/operation-kingdom//| title=Operation Kingdom| publisher=Royal Navy Memories| access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> the embarkation of the [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince of Norway]] aboard {{HMS|Ariadne|M65|6}}<ref>{{citation | last = Madsen| title = [[#Madsen|The Royal Navy and German naval disarmament, 1942-1947]] |pages = 66}}</ref> for his return to [[Oslo]]. After her return to Norway ''Arendal'' made a return trip to the UK, when she sailed in September 1945 to Leith and retrieved 400 urns containing the ashes of Norwegians who had died in the UK during the war. The urns were placed 40 each in 10 crates on the aft deck, each of the crates decorated with a large flower bouquet. Before the ship left port with her cargo a Norwegian priest belonging to the [[Norwegian Church Abroad]] held a service on board. When the destroyer arrived in Oslo she was met by [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII]], [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince Olav]], [[Harald V of Norway|Prince Harald]] and Bishop [[Eivind Berggrav]], as well as military units and a large crowd of people.<ref>{{citation | last = Bjørnsson| title = [[#Bjørnsson|Å være eller ikke være - Under orlogsflagget i den annen verdenskrig]] |pages = 207–208}}</ref> ''Arendal'' also escorted landing vessels from the United Kingdom to Norway, the landing vessels having been bought by the Norwegian government for conversion to coastal ferries and cargo vessels. On several occasions ''Arendal'' sailed to Germany, escorting vessels carrying German soldiers being repatriated to [[Bremerhaven]] in north-western Germany.<ref>{{citation | last = Bjørnsson| title = [[#Bjørnsson|Å være eller ikke være - Under orlogsflagget i den annen verdenskrig]] |pages = 209}}</ref> ''Arendal'' was bought by Norway after the end of hostilities, in 1946.<ref name="batcru">{{citation| url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/type_ii.htm|title=Type II Destroyers| publisher=battleships-cruisers.co.uk| access-date=2009-07-21}}</ref> The ship remained in operational use as an escort destroyer until 1956, when she was classified as a frigate. ''Arendal'' was used as a training ship for cadets, before being removed from the active list in 1961. She was scrapped in 1965.<ref name="mminner">{{citation| url=http://home.online.no/~old.navy/|title=Marine Minner, fra en tjeneste som strekker seg fra 1958 og til 2006| publisher=Marine Minner | access-date=2009-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050617074152/http://home.online.no/~old.navy/ |archive-date=2005-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{citation | editor =  Frederick Thomas Jane| title = [[#Janes1968|Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968]] | page = 206}}</ref>

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'''a.''' {{Note_label|A|a|none}} The Royal Navy submarine {{HMS|Sturgeon|73S|6}} was also present with the convoy initially, as was the cruiser {{HMS|London|69|6}}. Transit of the convoy was partially covered by ships of the [[Home Fleet]].<ref>{{citation | last = Rohwer, Hümmelchen| title = [[#RohHumm|Chronology of the war at sea 1939-1945: the naval history of world War Two]] | page = 136}}</ref>
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==External links==
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* {{London Gazette|issue=38377 |supp=y|pages=4495–4512|date=10 August 1948}}  The official despatch to the Admiralty describing Operation Harpoon.
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=401 The Hunt (Type II) class Escort destroyers]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/planciacomando/WW2/mezzogiugno1.htm La Battaglia di Mezzo Giugno] {{in lang|it}}

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