To this end, the Admiralty asked the Royal Canadian Navy on May 23, to assume the responsibility for protecting convoys in the western zone and to establish the base for its escort force at St. John's, Newfoundland.
Til dette formål anmodede admiralitetet den 23. maj den canadiske flåde om at påtage sig ansvaret for at beskytte konvojer i den vestlige zone og etablere base for sin eskortestyrke i St. John's, Newfoundland.