Force H was ordered to join the escort of Convoy WS 8B in the North Atlantic on 24 May, a day after the Battle of the Denmark Strait, but they were directed to search for the and the heavy cruiser on the 25th. Heavy seas increased fuel consumption for all of the escorts and "Foxhound" was forced to return to Gibraltar to refuel later that day before rejoining the capital ships of Force H on the 29th, after "Bismarck" had been tracked down and sunk. The destroyer screened another flying-off mission to Malta on 14 June; two days later, after German blockade runners reached France, Force H sortied into the Atlantic on a failed search for more blockade runners. Together with her sisters "Faulknor", "Fearless", and , "Foxhound" helped to sink the on 18 June. Four days later, the 8th DF was tasked to intercept a German supply ship spotted heading towards the French coast. The next day they intercepted which was scuttled by her crew upon the approach of the British ships. They rescued 78 British POWs taken from ships sunk by German raiders and the crew. In late June, "Foxhound" screened "Ark Royal" and "Furious" as they flew off more fighters for Malta in Operation Railway.