As U-boat attacks on Britain's vital sea lanes increased in ferocity, and Royal Navy warship losses mounted, the United States passed the Lend-Lease Act, the cornerstone of America's wartime role as armourer to the Allies. In this volume, naval historian Angus Konstam tells the complete story of the Royal Navy's Lend-Lease destroyers and escorts. The first batch were 50 World War l-era 'four-stacker' destroyers, in a deal sealed by the transfer of several global British bases to the USA. These warships were immediately recrewed, refitted and pressed into service in the Battle of the Atlantic. These ageing destroyers were followed by over a hundred more Lend-Lease warships, many of which were built especially for British service in American shipyards. Their arrival helped tip the balance in the hard-fought war against the U-boats, while others were used to fulfil different crucial wartime missions. With detailed ship profiles of the major classes, a cutaway of HMS Campbeltown's 1941 appearance, and superb battlescene artwork, this is a comprehensive look at a critical aspect of the Battle of the Atlantic.