 Convoy MW-11a of "Ajax", "City of Edinburgh", "City of Pretoria", "City of Lincoln" and "Elizabeth Bakke" sailed from Haifa and Port Said on 12 June, escorted by the 7th Destroyer Flotilla of "Napier", "Norman", "Nizam", "Inconstant" and "Hotspur", with fleet minesweepers "Boston" and "Seaham".