Nor was the destroyer screen calculated to inspire confidence among the naval strategists at Whitehall.
At once she joined the destroyer screen protecting carriers of Task Force 77 from submarine attack.
"You mean that it could get past the destroyer screen undetected?"
The destroyer screens, unable to keep up, waited outside for the carriers' turnaround.
At 6:20, Beatty's destroyer screen came into contact with the German torpedo boat V155.
Pom-poms in gun tubs all the way along the edge of the carrier, and firing at her from behind, from the destroyer screen.
Shortly after midnight, the German fleet ran into the British rear destroyer screen.
Tang penetrated the destroyer screen and attacked the convoy.
A large destroyer screen protected the carriers, though MiG-15 attacks against them did not occur.
Tingey continued on her mission acting as a member of the destroyer screen for Battleship Division 7.