On 27 March, "Fury", "Eclipse" and the light cruiser were escorting Convoy PQ 13 in the Arctic when they were intercepted by three German destroyers. In the ensuing action, the cruiser was damaged by one of her own torpedoes and "Eclipse" was hit twice, although the cruiser sank the . "Foresight", "Forester" and the light cruiser were the close escort for Convoy QP 11, returning from Murmansk to Iceland, when "Edinburgh" was torpedoed on 29 April. The two hits disabled her steering and she had to be towed by the two destroyers. Two days later, they were attacked by three German destroyers which badly damaged "Foresight" and "Forester" and put another torpedo into "Edinburgh", crippling her. The two destroyers took off the survivors and scuttled the cruiser. Temporarily repaired at Murmansk, the sisters were part of "Trinidad"s escort home when she was set on fire by a German bomber and had to be scuttled on 15 May. "Faulknor", "Fury", "Escapade", "Echo", and "Eclipse" escorted more Arctic convoys in May–September, "Faulknor" sinking on 12 September while escorting Convoy PQ 18. "Foresight" and "Fury" were briefly detached to escort the fleet during Operation Pedestal in August, during which the former was torpedoed and had to be scuttled. While being repaired, "Fame" was converted into an escort destroyer and was assigned to the WAC, joining her sister, "Fearless", upon its completion in September. A month later, she sank while protecting Convoy SC 104. "Fearless" was torpedoed and sunk by on 16 December.