Anne Hutchinson
The German submarine "U-504" had been attacking Allied shipping off Cape Agulhas from October 1942 and the squadron was deployed to search for the submarine together with HMS "Express" and HMS "Catterick" – unsuccessful patrols failed to prevent the sinking of SS "Empire Chaucer", SS "City of Johannesburg" and US Liberty ship "Anne Hutchinson" (which broke in two) – the squadron did however succeed in escorting the bow portion of "Anne Hutchinson" under tow of the South African minesweeper HMSAS "David Haigh" back to port in Port Elizabeth.