After the re-fit, she operated out of Scapa Flow escorting Arctic convoys through the long Arctic nights of late 1943. From 1944, she patrolled the English Channel in preparation for the Normandy Landings. In this capacity, she closely co-operated with the Canadian Tribal-class destroyers and . For the invasion itself, she patrolled the channel and guarded against German surface ships in the Southwest Approaches and the Bay of Biscay area. On 9 June, a German destroyer group was found off Brittany and engaged by "Ashanti", "Huron", "Haida", as well as , , and the Polish destroyers and . In the ensuing Battle of Ushant the "Kriegsmarine" ship was driven ashore and wrecked, was severely damaged and , the ex-Dutch destroyer "Gerard Callenburgh", was sunk.