On the morning of 27 April she was in Souda Bay when a convoy led by the cruiser evacuating troops from Nauplia in the Peloponnese came under air attack in the Argolic Gulf. , and "Wryneck" were ordered from Souda Bay to release the destroyers and , which were heavily laden with evacuated troops. By the time "Vendetta", "Waterhen" and "Wryneck" reached the convoy, the Dutch troop ship had been disabled and left behind and the destroyer had been ordered to stay and assist.