Unternehmen Cerberus
For the rest of 1941 and throughout 1942, "Versatile" escorted convoys in the North Sea, defending them against frequent German air attacks. She was "adopted" by the civil community of Tipton in Staffordshire in a Warship Week fundraising campaign in February 1942. On 12 February 1942, she was one of the few British warships able to respond to the "Channel Dash" of the German battleships and and heavy cruiser from Brest, France, to Germany via the English Channel, Strait of Dover, and North Sea.