 On 20 September 1943 "Adrias" represented Greece when a force of four Allied ships accepted the surrender of a contingent of the Italian Royal Navy (out of Taranto) that was sailing towards Malta following the armistice with Italy.On 22 October 1943, during operations in the Dodecanese, while near the island of Kalymnos with the British destroyer , "Adrias" struck a mine.The explosion tore her bow off.