 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 10 Kurume, boka rengarava duku dziri muzvikwiriso dzakaonekwa pedyo neTripoli. Achiziva nezvokushomeka kwamatorpedo, akaramba achipfura. Paaiva parwendo rwake rwechina, musi wa3 April 1941, akaona ngarava dzomurwizi asi ngarava dzacho dzakanga dziri kure zvikuru. Musi waApril 10, kurwisa kwechipiri kwakakanganisika apo tsoka dzetorpedo dzake dzakaonekwa uye ngoro yacho yakatora matanho ekudzivisa. Upholder akaiswa pasi pokurwisa kwakasimba uye akabva amanikidzwa kudonha zvakadzika apo hydrophones yakaona torpedo ichiswedera pachikepe. Panzvimbo pokurega, Wanklyn akasarudza kuongorora nzendo. Musi wa 12 April 1941 akaona ngarava huru shanu dzine magwa matatu. Akabuda kuti ataure nzvimbo yavo kumuzinda weMalta, asi ndege yomuvengi yakamuona uye Upholder akamanikidzwa kunyura. Gare gare, Wanklyn akadzokorora muitiro uyo wakabvumwa. Akapfura gomba renyeredzi pamusoro pemotokari kuti aratidze nzvimbo yayo uye ngarava dzomuvengi nokukurumidza dzakashandura nzira kuenda kuchiteshi chengarava. Yakakwezva 14th Destroyer Flotilla, inosanganisira,, uye. Mauto haana kutaura navo usiku ihwohwo. Mazuva gare gare, mukati meHondo yeTarigo Convoy, nzira imwe cheteyo yakabvumira mamwe ngarava dzepasi pemvura kutungamirira simba rokuparadza ngarava dzeItaly nokuda kwokurasikirwa nomudziviriri mumwe. 