Western Approaches
during its passage through the Western Approaches along with "Cairo", "Blankney", "Whitehall", the destroyers , , , , , , and , and the Royal Canadian Navy destroyers and , returning to the Clyde with those ships after detaching from the convoy. From 13 to 16 November 1941, "Witch", "Badsworth", "Verity", "Whitehall", and the destroyers , , and were the local escort for Convoy WS 12Z as it transited the Western Approaches, the ships returning to the Clyde after detaching from the convoy. From 13 to 15 December 1941, "Witch", "Badsworth", "Vanquisher" and the destroyers and provided the local escort for Convoy WS 14 in the Western Approaches, as usual returning to the Clyde upon completion of this duty.