 Faulknor yakatungamira rimwe boka remamwe magwa mashanu aitevera ngarava gumi dzokutengesa dzeNorway dzakanga dzichiedza kusvika kuBritain dzichibva kuSweden dzichipfuura neSkagerrak musi wa1 April. VaGermany vakanga vachitarisira kupukunyuka uye vakakuvadza kana kuti kunyudza matanhatu acho vachiparira vamwe vaviri kudzokera kuSweden. Faulknor yakanyura mumoto pashure pokunge vashandi vayo vabviswa nomumwe muparadzi, pasinei nokurwiswa kwakasimba neLuftwaffe. Senguva dzose, akatungamirira escorts kure kufukidza simba nokuda Convoys PQ 14 musi 11-18 April, PQ 15 musi 22 April-5 May uye PQ 16musi wa 23 kusvika 30 May, uye ipapo PQ 17 musi wa 29 June kusvika 8 July pasina zvakawanda zvaitika kunze kwemamiriro okunze akaipa. Mazuva mashanu gare gare Faulknor yakatanga kugadziriswa patsva pachiteshi chengarava paHull iyo yakagara kusvika 27 August. 