HMS Havelock ( H88 ) HMS " Havelock " was an H - class destroyer that had originally been ordered by the Brazilian Navy with the name " Jutahy " in the late 1930s , but was bought by the Royal Navy after the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939 and later renamed . She participated in the Norwegian Campaign in May 1940 and was assigned to convoy escort and anti - submarine patrols with the Western Approaches Command afterwards . The ship was briefly assigned to Force H in 1941 , but her anti - aircraft armament was deemed too weak and she rejoined Western Approaches Command . " Havelock " became flotilla leader of Escort Group B - 5 of the Mid - Ocean Escort Force in early 1942 and continued to escort convoys in the North Atlantic for the next two years . The ship was converted to an escort destroyer and sank one submarine during the war . After the end of the war , she escorted the ships carrying the Norwegian government in exile back to Norway and served as a target ship through mid - 1946 . " Havelock " was scrapped beginning in late 1946 . Description . " Havelock " displaced at standard load and at deep load . The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines , driving two shafts , which developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3 - drum water - tube boilers . " Havelock " carried a maximum of of fuel oil , giving her a range of at . The ship ' s complement was 152 officers and enlisted men . The vessel was designed for four 45 - calibre 4 . 7 - inch Mk IX guns in single mounts , designated ' A ' , ' B ' , ' X ' , and ' Y ' from front to rear , but ' Y ' gun was removed to compensate for the additional depth charges added . For anti - aircraft ( AA ) defence , " Havelock " had two quadruple Mark I mounts for the 0 . 5 inch Vickers Mark III machine gun . She was fitted with two above - water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for torpedoes . One depth charge rail and two throwers were originally fitted , but this was increased to three sets of rails and eight throwers while fitting - out . The ship ' s load of depth charges was increased from 20 to 110 as well . " Havelock " was completed without a director - control tower ( DCT ) so the three remaining 4 . 7 - inch low - angle guns fired in local control using ranges provided by a rangefinder . She was fitted with an ASDIC set to detect submarine s by reflections from sound waves beamed into the water . Wartime modifications . " Havelock " was fitted with a HF / DF radio direction finder before completion and she had her rear torpedo tubes replaced by a 12 - pounder AA gun by October 1940 . The ship ' s short - range AA armament was later augmented by two Oerlikon 20 mm guns on the wings of the ship ' s bridge and the . 50 - calibre machine gun mounts were replaced by a pair of Oerlikons . It is uncertain if the ship ' s director - control tower was installed before a Type 271 target indication radar was installed above the bridge . At some point , the ship was converted to an escort destroyer . ' A ' gun was replaced by a Hedgehog anti - submarine spigot mortar and additional depth charge stowage replaced the 12 - pounder high - angle gun . A Type 286 short - range surface search radar was fitted and the HF / DF installation was moved to a pole mainmast . History . " Jutahy " was ordered by Brazil on 8 December 1937 from J . Samuel White , Cowes . The ship was laid down on 31 May 1938 and was purchased by the British on 5 September 1939 after the beginning of the Second World War and renamed HMS " Havelock " . She was launched on 16 October and commissioned on 10 February 1940 . After working up , the ship was assigned to the 9th Destroyer Flotilla of the Western Approaches Command . " Havelock " was detached to Home Fleet during the Norwegian Campaign and supported the Allied landings on 12 – 13 May at Bjerkvik during the Battle of Narvik . During the initial stages of this battle , she mounted a French mortar battery on her forecastle . She continued to provide fire support during the battle for the rest of the month . During the nights of 30 and 31 May , the ship helped to evacuate troops from Bodø to Harstad and Borkenes to await further evacuation . " Havelock " was one of the ships that escorted the troop ship s evacuating the troops from the Narvik area on 7 and 8 June . She was commanded by Capt . E . Barry Stevens , DSC . Later in June , the ship rejoined the 9th Destroyer Flotilla and spent most of the next two years escorting convoys . Late in 1940 the Flotilla was redesignated as the 9th Escort Group . " Havelock " was attached to Force H in Gibraltar to reinforce the escort during Operations Tiger in May 1941 . The ship returned to the Western Approaches command afterwards as her anti - aircraft capability was believed by Admiral James Somerville to be too weak for operations in the Mediterranean . In March 1942 , " Havelock " became flotilla leader of Escort Group B - 5 team of the Mid - Ocean Escort Force and continued to escort convoys in the North Atlantic until early 1944 . From 28 December to 14 January 1943 , the escort group defended Convoy TM 1 , a group of nine oil tankers sailing from Trinidad to Gibraltar . The convoy was attacked by several U - boat wolfpack s en route and lost seven of its ships despite the best efforts of its escort . " Havelock " only managed to damage with depth charges whilst escorting this convoy . " Havelock " and her consorts escorted Convoy SC 122 through the largest convoy battle of the war some two months later . In mid - 1943 , the escort group was deployed to the Bay of Biscay to attack U - boats in cooperation with the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) as they left their bases on the French Atlantic coast . In late September – early October , the group escorted ships carrying No . 247 Group RAF to the Azores to begin setting up airbase s there . In early 1944 , " Havelock " was transferred to the 14th Escort Group which was given the task of protecting the convoys supporting Operation Overlord , the impending invasion of Western Europe , in British coastal waters . Together with the destroyers and , the ship sank on 18 June . She was refitted in Liverpool from July to September and rejoined the group upon completion . " Havelock " was under repair again in February – April 1945 , but they were completed by 30 April when the ship , together with her sister , attacked the wreck of the " U - 246 " northwest of the island of Anglesey thinking that it was " U - 242 " which had been spotted by a Short Sunderland flying boat earlier that day . Two weeks later , " Havelock " and the 14th Escort Group escorted a group of surrendered German U - boats from Loch Alsh to Lough Foyle . On 27 May , the ship , together with " Hesperus " , escorted the exiled Norwegian government back to Oslo and remained there until 1 June . Later that month , she began service as an aircraft target , a role that lasted for the next year . The ship was approved for scrapping on 18 February 1946 and was placed in Category C reserve on 2 August . " Havelock " was sold on 31 October and scrapped at Inverkeithing .