Seeschlacht bei Punta Stilo
The ship was assigned to the 14th Destroyer Flotilla (DF) of the Mediterranean Fleet in June and began escorting convoys to Malta and Greece. "Mohawk" played a minor role in the Battle of Calabria in July and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. The following month the ship was sunk by torpedoes fired by an Italian destroyer as the 14th DF attacked an Italian convoy, with the loss of 41 of her crew.