 In October she left the Falklands and sailed up the west coast of South America, making calls at Puerto Montt, Valparaíso and Antofagasta in Chile, and Callao in Peru, before transiting the Panama Canal, and returning to Bermuda in December.In 1953 she visited various Caribbean ports, and carried out exercises, including one in May with ships of the Royal Canadian Navy.In June she sailed to Devonport to refit, then returned to Bermuda in November.