"Liverpool" received temporary repairs at Gibraltar and returned to Britain in August. Although repairs at Rosyth were completed by July 1943, sufficient personnel would not be assigned to "Liverpool" until late 1945. At Rosyth, "Liverpool" underwent an extended period of refitting and maintenance. The refit upgraded "Liverpool"s radar equipment, removed "X" turret and the aircraft catapult, and enlarged the cruiser's defensive armament (which included an increase to 28 pom-poms, in six quadruple and four single mounts, seven Bofors 40 mm guns in single mounts, and the addition of five 20 mm Oerlikon cannons).