Georgetown
HMS GEORGETOWN I40, (ex USS Maddox DD 168)
Transferred at Halifax 23 Sept 1940, sailed for UK on 29 Sept but involved in collision at St Johns and had to return to Halifax for repairs. Eventually arrived at Devonport on 13 Nov 1940 and after a refit she worked up at Scapa Flow and joined the 4 Escort Group in Dec.
Involved in another collision on 26 Feb 1941 and was sent to the Tyne for repairs., transferring to the 3 Escort Group on completion,.
Sept 1941 taken in hand on the Clyde for a refit, completion was delayed by a boiler room fire
The refit was completed in April 1942 when she took part in the escort for convoy WS18., she then was part of the escort for two troop convoys.
She was then allocated to support RCN and sailed to join the Western Local Force based at Halifax,. She returned to the UK in Nov 1943 after refits at Charlestown.
She was one of the destroyers selected for loan to the Russian Navy and was transferred in Aug 1944 and renamed ZHOSTKI being returned in 1952, arriving at Rosyth having been towed from Murmansk, she was passed over immediately to T.W.Ward for breaking up.
Georgetown
HMS GEORGETOWN I40, (ex USS Maddox DD 168)
Transferred at Halifax 23 Sept 1940, sailed for UK on 29 Sept but involved in collision at St Johns and had to return to Halifax for repairs. Eventually arrived at Devonport on 13 Nov 1940 and after a refit she worked up at Scapa Flow and joined the 4 Escort Group in Dec.
Involved in another collision on 26 Feb 1941 and was sent to the Tyne for repairs., transferring to the 3 Escort Group on completion,.
Sept 1941 taken in hand on the Clyde for a refit, completion was delayed by a boiler room fire
The refit was completed in April 1942 when she took part in the escort for convoy WS18., she then was part of the escort for two troop convoys.
She was then allocated to support RCN and sailed to join the Western Local Force based at Halifax,. She returned to the UK in Nov 1943 after refits at Charlestown.
She was one of the destroyers selected for loan to the Russian Navy and was transferred in Aug 1944 and renamed ZHOSTKI being returned in 1952, arriving at Rosyth having been towed from Murmansk, she was passed over immediately to T.W.Ward for breaking up.