 Complete the following phrase:  Thanet, Thracian, Scout, Tenedos and Stronghold were refitted for service in the Far East as local defense destroyers Sturdy, Scimitar and Sardonyx were intended to join them in 193940, thereby creating a full flotilla. Sturdy, Tenedos and Stronghold were refitted as minelayers, their torpedo tubes and aft guns were replaced by stowage for 40 mines. Tenedos and Stronghold laid defensive minefields around Singapore and Malaya, 193941. At the outbreak of war with Japan, on 7 December 1941, Tenedos and Stronghold were at Singapore, while Thanet, Thracian and Scout were at Hong Kong. Scout and Thanet were ordered to Singapore on 8 December 1941, while Thracian remained to take part in the 