Convoy duties continued until 27 April 1940 when she was transferred to the Home Fleet to support the evacuation of Allied troops from Norway in Operation Alphabet. On 29 April along with five other destroyers ("Somali", "Mashona", "Sikh", "Walker" and "Westcott") and the light cruisers "Sheffield", "Arethusa" and "Galatea" she took passage to Åndalsnes. During the operation "Wanderer" rescued 150 troops but became grounded and had to be towed free by HMS "Sikh".