"Empire Elaine" then joined Convoy MB 63, which departed on 27 January and arrived at Bombay on 1 February.She departed from Bombay on 9 February for Basra, Iraq, arriving on 16 February and departing ten days later for Bandar Abbas, Iran, from where she departed on 3 March as a member of Convoy PB 70, which arrived at Bombay on 9 March.