On 23 December, "Wild Swan" was departing Liverpool in company with the destroyer when "Warwick" set off an acoustic mine, and was badly damaged, with the engine room flooded and the ship settling low in the water. "Wild Swan" towed "Warwick" back to Liverpool, allowing the damaged ship to be repaired. On 9 January "Wild Swan" was detached from Convoy OB270 to search for the survivors of the cargo ship which had been sunk by a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor long-range bomber the previous day. "Wild Swan" and the Armed Merchant Cruiser rescued the survivors later that same day. Despite being short of fuel, "Wild Swan" was then ordered to search for the steamer , which had been torpedoed and sunk by , with "Wild Swan" and "Esperance Bay" rescuing "Bassano"s survivors. On 29 January, "Wild Swan" was returning to Liverpool when she encountered the steamer , which had struck a mine earlier that day and had been abandoned by her crew. The steamer remained afloat, and "Wild Swan" recovered "Westmoreland"s crew, put them back aboard the steamer and assisted in the recovery of the stricken vessel, with "Wild Swan"s crew later being awarded £600 for taking part in the salvage of the ship.