Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
In early 1941, she was redeployed to the Indian Ocean where, accompanied by a sizeable fleet of Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy ships led by the aircraft carrier , she participated in a search for the German cruiser . After the search was abandoned, "Enterprise" took up convoy escort duty before being sent to Basra after a pro-German revolt by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani started the Anglo-Iraqi War. The war was won by the end of May, after which "Enterprise" was released back into convoy escort duty in the Indian Ocean.