 After completing her work in the North Sea, "Auk", her sister ships, and the support craft that had serviced them headed for home.Underway from Kirkwall on 1 October, "Auk" reached Plymouth, England, on the 5th, and underwent voyage repairs there until the 16th, when she left the British Isles and headed for the coast of France reaching Brest on the morning of the 17th.After steaming from there to Lisbon, Portugal, for a brief period of upkeep alongside "Black Hawk", "Auk" began her homeward voyage on the afternoon of 24 October.