sentences:  As escort for an eastbound convoy, she sailed via Bermuda and arrived at Tunis, Tunisia, on 13 April.Assigned to Mine Division 17, "Speed" conducted coastal patrols off the coast of Algeria during the next two months.On 5 July, she departed Mers El Kébir, Algeria, and joined Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt's Western Naval Task Force for the invasion of Sicily.