the royal navy assumed control of her the following day and sailed her to wilhelmshaven where she waited while the allies decided on the disposition of the captured ships. she was allocated to britain at the end of 1945 and arrived at portsmouth on 7 january 1946 where she was allocated the pennant number of r38, later h40. the ship was initially used to familiarize the british on her high-pressure boilers until october when she was used as accommodation ship in southampton. "hans lody" was arrived at sunderland under tow on 17 july 1949 to be broken up.