Having spent January 1943 back with the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Sussex then took passage to Mombasa and was redeployed with the 4th Cruiser Squadron of the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean.[1] On her way she intercepted and sank the German tanker Hohenfriedburg just south west of Cape Finisterre on 26 February[5][6] but was then attacked by German submarine U-264. Sussex avoided the four torpedoes fired at her.