3 Jul, 1940
HMRT Marauder (Lt. W.J. Hammond, RNR) takes the damaged Dutch merchant Amstelland in tow to Falmouth, where they arrived on 5 July. The Amstelland was torpedoed and damaged on 1 July by the German submarine U-65 about 380 nautical miles south-west of Lands End in position 47º53'N, 13º23'W. During the tow the ships were escorted by the British corvette HMS Calendula (Lt.Cdr. A.D. Bruford, RNVR).

23 Sep, 1940
HMRT Marauder (Lt. W.J. Hammond, RNR) takes in tow the British merchant Scholar in position 55º10'N, 17º49'W. The Scholar was torpedoed and damaged the previous day about 340 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º11'N, 17º58'W by the German submarine U-100. On the 24th the tow was abandoned in position 54º38'N, 16º40'W and the crew of the Scholar was taken off by the British destroyer HMS Skate (Lt. F.P. Baker, DSC). HMS Skate also scuttles the wreck of the Scholar.