 Somerville akatamisa mureza wake kune HMS Renown muna Nyamavhuvhu 1940 uye akatungamira mauto eBritish muHondo yeCape Spartivento munaNovember; Churchill akatsamwiswa naSomerville nekusaenderera mberi nekutevera Mauto eItaly mushure mehondo iyoyo uye akatumira Earl weCork naOrrery kuti aongorore, asi Cork akawana kuti Somerville akanga aita zvakakwana. Force H yakarova GenoaSomerville, achiri muHMS Renown muna Chivabvu 1941, akaitawo basa rakakosha mukutsvaga nekunyudza gare gare mwedzi iwoyo. Somerville akatamisa mureza wake kuchikepe chehondo HMS Nelson muna Nyamavhuvhu 1941 uye akatambawo basa guru mukudzivirira Malta kubva pakurwiswa nemuvengi mumatsutso a1941. Akatamisa mureza wake kuchikepe chehondo HMS Rodney uye ipapo kuchikepe chehondo HMS Malaya. Akagadzwa kuva Knight Commander weOrder yeBritish Empire nokuda kwebasa rake neForce H musi wa21 Gumiguru 1941. 