On 14 February, "Admiral Scheer" rendezvoused with the auxiliary cruiser and the supply ship about east of Madagascar. The raiders resupplied from "Tannenfels" and exchanged information on Allied merchant traffic in the area, parting company on 17 February. "Admiral Scheer" then steamed to the Seychelles north of Madagascar, where she found two merchant vessels with her Arado floatplanes. She took the oil tanker "British Advocate" as a prize and sank the Greek-flagged "Grigorios". A third ship, the "Canadian Cruiser", managed to send a distress signal before "Admiral Scheer" sank her on 21 February. The raider encountered and sank a fourth ship the following day, the Dutch steamer "Rantaupandjang", though she too was able to send a distress signal before she sank.