aft 4-inch and 3-inch guns were removed, and replaced by a single 12-pounder (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun. Two sets of torpedo tubes were removed, while one mast was removed and the foremast shortened to reduce topweight. Royal Norwegian Navy service On 9 April 1941, following completion of the refit, Bath transferred to the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy. As HNoMS Bath she began operation as part of the "Liverpool Escort Force" as a member of the 5th Escort Group early in June, escorting convoys between the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, but had a very brief subsequent career, being sunk by the German submarine on 19 August 1941, while escorting the convoy, Convoy OG 71, bound for Gibraltar. She was hit in the engine room on the starboard side by two torpedoes and broke in two, sinking in three minutes. As she sank two of her depth charges exploded killing some of the crew in the water. Of her 128 crew, only 42 were rescued by HMS Hydrangea and but two of those subsequently died aboard Hydrangea. References Bibliography External links HMS Bath Uboat.net on HNoMS Bath (I 17) NavSource Photos List of Bath casualties Information on Convoy OG-71 Wickes-class destroyers 1918 ships Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy 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 Royal Norwegian Navy World War II destroyers of Norway Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Maritime incidents in August 1941 Ships built in Newport News, Virginia