page_title: USS Crowninshield (DD-134)
section_title: Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy
hierarchical_section_title: USS Crowninshield (DD-134) / Construction and career / Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy
caption_attribution_description: English: The Town class destroyer HMS Chelsea (ex-USS Crowninshield, DD-134) circa 1942 in the Thames after her London refit and quite possibly on her way to working up prior to sailing to Canada and service in the Western Local Escort Force.
context_page_description: USS Crowninshield was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy between World War I and World War II. She was named for Benjamin Williams Crowninshield. In World War II she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was named HMS Chelsea, and subsequently to the Soviet Navy where she was named Derzkiy.
context_section_description: Chelsea reached Devonport, England, 28 September 1940. Assigned to the Sixth Escort Group, Western Approaches Command, Liverpool, for Atlantic convoy duty, she fought the double-menace submarine and air attacks on vital supplies. On 6 April 1941 she rescued 29 survivors of SS Olga S. which had been sunk by an air attack.  Chelsea was modified for trade convoy escort service by removal of three of the original 4"/50 caliber guns and one of the triple torpedo tube mounts to reduce topside weight for additional depth charge stowage and installation of hedgehog.
  Chelsea joined Arbutus on 5 February 1942 to hunt for a submarine sighted from their convoy. Two hours later Arbutus was torpedoed. Chelsea opened fire on the surfaced submarine and made three depth charge attacks after she dived but contact was lost and she returned to pick up the survivors from Arbutus.
  In November 1942 Chelsea was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy and until the end of 1943 operated in the mid and western Atlantic Ocean escorting convoys to and from Great Britain. She returned to Derry, Northern Ireland, 26 December 1943 and early in 1944 was reduced to reserve on the Tyne. On 16 July 1944 she was transferred to Russia and renamed Derzkiy (rus. Дерзкий, "Insolent").
caption: HMS Chelsea, 1942
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