The hulls of this second batch had an extra section and an increased beam which gave stability for a third twin 4" AA gun as originally designed and additional storage for depth charges.

When propulsion was restored, Puckeridge sailed to Milford Haven steering just by engines, before being towed to HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock for repair and was eventually re-commissioned on 10 July 1942.

Puckeridge undertook patrols and escorting convoys from Gibraltar until 6 June 1943, when she was mobilised for Operation Husky, the Allied landing in Sicily, Italy, and was assigned to the East support force.

Fate On 6 September 1943, around 20:15 hours Puckeridge was hit by two of four torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-617 commanded by Albrecht Brandi and sank 40 nautical miles east of Gibraltar.

[4] Some survivors were rescued by a Spanish mercantile ship and avoided internment by attracting the attention of a naval patrol craft which took them back to Gibraltar.