1941.E2.80.931942 HMS Viscount (D92)

leaning against depth charge thrower, quarterdeck lookout on board hms viscount searches sea submarines, 1942 (iwm a13362)

viscount continued on convoy escort duty in north atlantic until june 1941, when began conversion long-range escort @ liverpool. conversion complete, underwent post-conversion acceptance trials and, having passed them, performed work-ups in december 1941 prepare return convoy duty, did later month.

in march 1942, viscount adopted civilian community of chislehurst , sidcup in kent in warship week national savings campaign. in april 1942, reassigned 6th escort group, in joined corvettes rose , potentilla , royal norwegian navy corvettes hnoms andenes , hnoms eglantine. in may 1942, escorted convoy sc 83 group. june–july 1942, had had type 271 surface warning radar , hedgehog antisubmarine mortar installed.

on 13 august 1942, viscount part of escort of convoy ons 122 when came under series of sustained attacks german submarines of lohs group. on 23 august, intercepted communications 1 of submarines, got fix on location, detected asdic after submerged, , attacked it. time attacks on ons 122 ended, had lost 4 ships , escorts had damaged 2 german submarines.

in october 1942, viscount part of escort of convoy sc 1 cw, came under attack 10 german submarines of wotan (wōden) group. on 15 october, while defending convoy, viscount detected submarine u-607 on radar , attacked unsuccessfully. viscount rammed , sank submarine u-661 @ 53°42′00″n 035°56′00″w / 53.70000°n 35.93333°w / 53.70000; -35.93333 (u-615 sunk), went down loss of entire crew of 44. viscount suffered significant damage in ramming , had detach convoy , proceed united kingdom repairs.