"Elizabeth Bakke" was ordered into port from MW11a, escorted by "Zulu" due to overloading and a fouled hull, which stopped the ship keeping direction or reaching the convoy speed of .MW11b sailed from Alexandria with "Potaro", the tanker "Bulkoil", the decommissioned battleship "Centurion" carrying supplies and operating as a decoy, the rescue ships "Malines" and "Antwerp", escorted by five destroyers and four corvettes.