 On 30 August, "Punjabi", and escorted the aircraft carrier and the cruiser during an operation to supply the Soviet Union with Hawker Hurricanes and RAF personnel.She then resumed normal flotilla duties before beginning a refit in December at Hawthorn Leslie and Company's yards at Newcastle upon Tyne.The refit lasted until the end of January 1942 and involved repairing damage to machines and systems due to excess stress when steaming in heavy weather.