 At the end of May, she was part of the escort for capital ships of the Home Fleet hunting for the German battleship after the sinking of the battlecruiser .On 27 July, she and escorted the cruisers and to assess the potential of using Spitsbergen as a refuelling base for escorts used in the defence of convoys on passage to and from North Russia.On 1 August, "Punjabi" and "Tartar" evacuated Norwegian nationals from Bear Island and carried out an offensive sweep off the Norwegian coast before returning to Scapa Flow.