Jan van Gelder had her armament modified to British standards during the war, she carried 1 12 pdr AA gun in lieu of the 3" gun and the twin .5" AA guns were replaced by single 20 mm Oerlikons.
Also she received penant number J 60.

Heavily damaged on 1 October 1939 by Dutch mines off Terschelling. 3 crewmembers were killed, 3 were missing and 7 were wounded.
She received a new stern at Werf Gusto, Schiedam.
Jan van Gelder was recommissioned on 17 April 1940.
When the Germans invaded The Netherlands on 10 May 1940 she escorted the submarine O 13 to England.
The ship was refitted in 1940, and added to the 11th minesweeping flotilla, at Milford Haven.
Later she served in Scotland as escort with a British submarine flotilla.
Decommissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy on 26 March 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy.
Returned to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1946 and recommissioned under her old name.
After the war she served as as a patrol ship in the Netherlands East Indies.
Returned to The Netherlands and rebuilt as boom defence vessel in 1950.
Stricken in 1961.