an air attack. Chelsea was modified for trade convoy escort service by removal of three of the original 4"/50 caliber guns and one of the triple torpedo tube mounts to reduce topside weight for additional depth charge stowage and installation of hedgehog. Chelsea joined on 5 February 1942 to hunt for a submarine sighted from their convoy. Two hours later Arbutus was torpedoed. Chelsea opened fire on the surfaced submarine and made three depth charge attacks after she dived but contact was lost and she returned to pick up the survivors from Arbutus. In November 1942 Chelsea was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy and until the end of 1943 operated in the mid and western Atlantic Ocean escorting convoys to and from Great Britain. She returned to Derry, Northern Ireland, 26 December 1943 and early in 1944 was reduced to reserve on the Tyne. On 16 July 1944 she was transferred to Russia and renamed Derzky (rus. Дерзкий, "Insolent"). Soviet Navy Derzky was one of eight s transferred to the Soviet Navy in lieu of Italian vessels surrendered in September 1943 and claimed by the Soviet Union as war reparations in May 1944. She sailed for Murmansk and was commissioned into the Northern Fleet. There she served as local convoy escort for the remainder of hostilities. In 1949 she was transferred back to the Royal Navy, but was scrapped without re-commissioning. References Notes Citations Sources Gardiner R, Chesnau R (1980) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 External links NavSource Photos SovietNavy-WW2: Таун ("Town") class U-boat.net: Derzkij Wickes-class destroyers Ships built in Bath, Maine 1919 ships Town-class destroyers of the Royal Navy Town-class destroyers converted from Wickes-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom Town-class destroyers of the Soviet Navy World War II destroyers of the Soviet Union USS Crowninshield (DD-134)