"Bellona" participated in several Russian Convoys, both before and after D-Day. Prior to D-Day she took over the Channel patrol as a replacement for the cruiser , which had been sunk off the Channel Islands by a radio-controlled bomb. On arrival at Plymouth, "Bellona" was fitted with equipment for jamming the radio signals that controlled the bombs. "Bellona" and seven destroyers were involved, including . The codename for the patrol force was 'Snow White and the seven dwarfs'.