 Richard Beitzen spent much of 1943 escorting ships to and from Norway until November when she ran aground in November . Badly damaged , repairs lasted until August 1944 when she returned to Norway and resumed her former duties . The ship had another grounding incident in November and was under repair until February 1945 . While escorting a convoy in April , she was badly damaged by aircraft and was still under repair when the war ended on 9 May . Richard Beitzen was eventually allocated to the British when the surviving warships were divided between the Allies after the war . They made no use of the ship before scrapping her in 1949 . 
