 After a refit, and local exercises she was deployed to Addu Atoll as Guardship in September, returning to Singapore in December.In early 1960 "St Brides Bay" was detached for visits to Australia and New Zealand, calling at Fremantle and Adelaide, Auckland and Wellington, Hobart, Sydney and Cairns, before returning to Singapore in March.In May, while at Hong Kong some of ship's company were employed as extras during the filming of "The World of Suzie Wong".