Western Approaches
Shifting to Plymouth, England, a week later, "Montgomery" was allocated to the Western Approaches command and based at Liverpool. During the course of one of her early patrols, "Montgomery" rescued 39 survivors from the motor tanker "Scottish Standard" which had been torpedoed and sunk by the on 21 February 1941. Disembarking the rescued mariners on 24 February, "Montgomery" resumed her Western Approaches patrols soon thereafter.