 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokugadziridza kwake, Falmouth yakadzokera kumabasa muGulf. Musi waApril 3, 1941, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, aimbova mutungamiri wehurumende yeIraq, akaita coup détat, akatora masimba muIraq uye akatyisidzira zvido zveBritain muIraq, kusanganisira nzvimbo huru yendege kuRAF Habbaniya. Mukupindura, ngoro yakanga yava kuda kubva kuKarachi ichienda kuMalaya ichitakura brigade revarwi veIndia yakachinjirwa kuBasra muIraq, nemirairo yokugara munharaunda yeBasra, ichivimbisa hwaro hwemaitiro kana zvichidikanwa. Falmouth yaive chikamu chevashandi vechikwata ichi, icho chakasvika kuBasra musi wa 18 Kubvumbi, ichibatsira kutungamira ngarava dzechikwata ichi pamwe neShatt al-Arab. Kubhururuka hakuna kupikiswa navaIraq. Falmouth yakasunga mamwe makondirakiti kuenda kuBasra sezvo vaBritain vakavaka mauto avo mukugadzirira Hondo yeAnglo-Iraq. Musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1941 Britain neSoviet Union vakapinda muIran, ne Falmouth vachitungamira kumhara kuKhorramshahr, vachitakura makambani maviri e3 10th Baluch Regiment. Yakasvika pamhenderekedzo apo yaibva kuBasra, uye chikepe cheAustralia chakapfuurira pasina Falmouth kuti chive nechokwadi chokuti mauto ehondo eIran kuKhorramshahr haana kupindira, kunyudza chikepe cheIran uye kutora zvikepe zviviri zveIran. Yarra akabva amirira Falmouth kuti asvike ngarava mbiri idzi dzisati dzasvitsa mauto adzo. Muna October 1941, Falmouth yakatumirwa kuSuez, ichidzokera kuCeylon pashure pokupinda kweJapan muMalaya muna December 1941. 