On 30 August she was deployed with the aircraft carrier , the cruiser  and the destroyers Punjabi and Somali on a mission to deliver RAF equipment and personnel to North Russia to support Soviet military operations after the Soviet Union had entered the war.
On August 30th, she embarked on a mission alongside the aircraft carrier, the cruiser, and the destroyers Punjabi and Somali with the objective of delivering RAF equipment and personnel to North Russia to support Soviet military operations after the Soviet Union had joined the war.