On 27 January 1942, Captain Alan Scott-Moncrieff relieved de Salis. she was deployed with units of the Home Fleet escorting convoys to Russia. Scott-Moncrieff commanded the close escort for &lt;a href="Convoy%20PQ%209/10"&gt;Convoy PQ 9/10&lt;/a&gt; and the returning Convoy QP 7 in February, and, while escorting the covering force for Convoy PQ 12 at the beginning of March, was ordered to assist the damaged light cruiser after she had encountered a drifting mine. After escorting her to Seidisfjord, Iceland, "Faulknor" rejoined the covering force on the 9th, shortly before it turned back for Scapa Flow. Several days later, the ship led a destroyer sweep off the Norwegian coast on an unsuccessful search for the , arriving back at Scapa on the 14th. After some repairs for some weather damage, Scott-Moncrieff again commanded the escorts for the covering force for Convoys PQ 13 and the returning QP 9 at the end of the month.