HMS Berry
Introduction '''HMS ''Berry'' (K312)''' was a , built in the United States as a , and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in the Second World War. She was named after Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry (1768-1831).The name ''Berry'' was originally assigned to the ''Evarts''-class destroyer escort, BDE-14, laid down on 28 February 1942.When that ship was retained by the United States Navy and renamed , the name was transferred to another ship.The new ''Berry'' (BDE-3) was laid down on 22 September 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard, launched on 23 November 1942, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 15 March 1943.
Service history During World War II, HMS ''Berry'' operated in the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay in 1943 and 1944.After the war, ''Berry'' was returned to the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 2 February 1946.Her name was struck from the Navy list on 12 March 1946, and she was sold to the North American Smelting Co., of Philadelphia. That firm took possession of her on 9 November 1946 and completed her scrapping on 4 November 1948.
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