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With the 34 merchant ships, the oiler RFA Gray Ranger for the escort and the rescue ships Rathlin, Zamalek, and Zaafaran sailed with the convoy.
The convoy was immediately ordered to scatter, with the escorting destroyers ordered to join the cruiser force and the merchantmen to proceed independently. Three destroyers and four smaller destroyer escorts had been tasked to protect the escort carriers from aircraft and submarines.