 Richard Beitzen resumed escort work and laid mines in the Skagerrak until she ran aground again in November . Repairs were slow and she was not fully operational until 15 February 1945 . The ship was badly damaged by radar @-@ equipped bombers while screening a convoy on the morning of 24 April and put into Oslo , Norway for repairs that were not completed before the end of the war the next month . Richard Beitzen was captured by the British on 14 May and temporarily turned over to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 15 July while the Allies decided on the disposition of the captured ships . She was allocated to Britain at the end of 1945 and was then towed to Rosyth in February 1946 . Richard Beitzen was ordered to be used as a target in September , but a heavy leak three months later caused her to be beached lest she sink . Temporary repairs were made and she was allocated for disposal in January 1947 . Richard Beitzen was allocated to C. W. <unk> for breaking up the following year and she was towed to their facility in Gateshead on 10 January 1949 . 
