 After the Japanese surrender on 8 August, they were temporarily based at Ponam in the Admiralty Islands, before being sent to Hong Kong, arriving at HMS "Nabcatcher" (MONAB VIII) at Kai-Tak, in October 1945, and remaining there until the end of the year.No.812 Squadron was re-equipped with the Fairey Firefly, and returned to Australia in January 1946, where they were based (MONAB VI) at Schofields, New South Wales, while "Vengeance" was in dry dock for repairs.