range of . One merchant ship was sunk. The enemy returned four times and took part in short gunnery duels, but did not close the range below . On 4 February 1943, while escorting Atlantic Convoy SC 118 with Escort Group B-2, Beverley sighted the (later sunk by ) southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland. She also took part in attacks on other U-boats the next day. Beverley was assigned to Escort Group B-4 of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force for convoys ON 140, ON 161, ON 169, HX 229 and ON 176. On 9 April while escorting Convoy ON 176, she collided with the steamship Cairnvolona in bad weather and had her anti-submarine and degaussing gear put out of action. Two days later she was torpedoed by commanded by Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Lüdden at , and sank with the loss of 139 members of her crew, including her commanding officer. Notes References "HMS Beverley: A "Town" Afloat 1940–43 & The Town Ashore by Geoffrey Blewitt. Alan Twiddle Publishing 1998 . External links navsource.org: USS Branch hazegray.org: USS Branch Clemson-class destroyers 1919 ships Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy Town-class destroyers of the Royal Navy Town-class destroyers converted from Clemson-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Maritime incidents in April 1943 Ships built in Newport News, Virginia