On 12 July 1959 Magpie was broken up by Hughes Bolkcow, Blyth. In 1958 Magpie had her tour of duty at the Cape Station finally completed, she sailed back for the UK for paying off. In February, transfers were completed and the Magpie`s crew steamed the Sparrow back. In 1956 Magpie was due to be relieved at the Cape Station by her sister ship HMS Sparrow, however this was not to be, as the Sparrow had developed serious boiler problems, it was decided that her crew would man the Magpie, thereby allowing Sparrow to be returned back to the UK using the Magpie`s original crew. In August, she was docked in the Selborne dry dock. On 3 March 1955 Magpie left Portsmouth to join the 7th Frigate Squadron at Simonstown, South Africa. In November 1953 Magpie, a member of the Mediterranean Fleet, in company with HMS Mermaid and HMS Peacock were sent to Trieste following riots there over the city`s future, this being a bone of contention between Italy and Yugoslavia. In 1947 she was officially reclassified as a frigate. In March 1945 Magpie was serving in British coastal waters, as a unit of the 22nd Escort Group operating from Greenock as escorts for the Gibraltar convoys. On 6 June 1944 she assisted with escort duties for the amphibious Allied landings in Normandy. On 9 February 1944, Magpie in company with HMS Starling and HMS Kite sank the U-238, later the same day her group were responsible for the sinking of U-734.
On 31 January 1944 while still serving on North Atlantic convoy escort duties, the convoy she was escorting was proceeding west of Ireland when the damaged German submarine U-592 on its way to France for repairs was intercepted by Magpie and the sloops HMS Starling and HMS Wild Goose from her group, the submarine was destroyed. During October – November 1943 HMS Magpie was a unit of the 2nd search group serving in the North Atlantic under the command of Captain Walker.
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