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''Enchantress'' served as convoy escort throughout the war, and was credited with the destruction of an Italian submarine. She survived the war and was sold into civilian service in 1946, being renamed ''Lady Enchantress''. She was broken up in 1952.
''Stork'' was completed as an unarmed [[survey vessel]], and was only armed after the outbreak of war. She also served as a convoy escort, and was senior ship in [[36th Escort Group (Royal Navy)|36th Escort Group]] under Cdr. [[Frederic John Walker|FJ Walker]]. She was credited with the destruction of four U-boats. ''Stork'' remained in service until being broken up in 1958.
The third ship in the class was launched as ''Bittern'', and completed as designed. She was involved in the [[Norwegian campaign]], but was lost to air attacks at [[Namsos (town)|Namsos]] in 1940.
 
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