 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Express uye Electra vaive hafu yevanoperekedza Prince of Wales uye Repulse pavakafamba nechokuchamhembe musi wa9 December, asi vakakwanisa kuita zvishomanene sezvo mabhomba eJapane akanyudza ngarava mbiri hurukunze kwokubatsira kununura vapukunyuki vanenge 3 000. Pavakadzokera kuSingapore, vakabatana neEncounter nedzimwe ngarava dzinoparadza ikoko dzaiperekedza ngarava pakati peSingapore neSunda Strait. Electra uye Encounter vakafambisa ngarava inorema panguva yeHondo yeGungwa reJava musi wa 27 Kukadzi 1942. Ngarava yapakuvamba yakanyudzwa neine muparadzi wechiJapan sezvo yakafukidza kubviswa kweExeter. Mazuva anoverengeka gare gare, Encounter nomudzvinyiriri weAmerica vakanga vachiperekedza Exeter yakakuvadzwa vachienda kuCeylon apo vakasangana nengarava ina dzehondo dzeJapan dzinorema navaperekedzi vadzo. Encounter uye Exeter vakanyura muhondo yakatevera musi wa 1 Kurume. Express haina kubatanidzwa mune ipi neipi yehondo idzi nokuti yakanga yakakuvadzwa nomoto muimba yeboiler mukuvamba kwaFebruary uye kugadziriswa kwayo hakuna kutanga kutozosvikira muna April. Fortune akabatana nehanzvadzi yake neEastern Fleet muna February, neFoxhound ichitevera mwedzi miviri gare gare. 