Repairs and Crew Replacements
Paladin sustained underwater damage in the ramming of the submarine and was put out of action for five months. She underwent repairs at Simonstown in South Africa, where she arrived on 22 March 1944. After being joined by new crew-members in July. Departing from Durban on 29 July, she returned to various escort duties in the Indian Ocean, via Diego Suarez (Antsiranana), Madagascar and Dar es Salaam.
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