the ship returned to norway in mid-1942, but was badly damaged when she ran aground in july and did not return until april 1943. "hans lody" participated in the german attack (operation zitronella) on the norwegian island of spitzbergen, well north of the arctic circle and then spent the next six months on convoy duties in southern norway. the ship began a lengthy refit in april 1944 and was not operational for the next year. she spent april 1945 escorting convoys in danish waters before making one voyage to rescue refugees in east prussia in may. "hans lody" was assigned to the royal navy after the war and used as a training ship and then a barracks ship before being broken up for scrap in 1949.