Name HMS Beaufort Laid down 17 July 1940 Name KNM Haugesund Launched 9 June 1941 | Ordered 4 September 1940 Commissioned 3 November 1941 Construction started 17 July 1940 Length 85 m | |
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Acquired transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1952 | ||
HMS Beaufort was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 17 July 1940 at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was launched on 9 June 1941 and commissioned on 3 November 1941. She was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1952 and scrapped in 1965.
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Second World War service
She was captained by Lt-Cdr Sir Standish O'Grady Roche, Bart, DSO in the Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942.
Postwar service
On 10 June 1945 Beaufort arrived in Cardiff from the Mediterranean for a refit, however this was abandoned and she was towed to Devonport and placed in reserve.
In 1952 she was sold to Norway and renamed Haugesund. In 1954 she was fitted with lattice masts and two Squid Anti-submarine mortars, in place of the 'X' gun turret on the aft of the ship. She was scrapped in 1965