 After the Nazi invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940 the "Thorodd" was part of the naval opposition to the Germans and had as one of its uses POW transport.Shortly before the 10 June 1940 capitulation of mainland Norway, "Thorodd" was one of 13 Norwegian naval vessels to escape to the UK, arriving 17 June 1940.She was converted to a minesweeper in Rosyth from 30 June 1940 and stationed in Montrose and Dundee in Scotland, where she remained for the rest of the war.