 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nekuti Imperial Star kirasi yaive inotonhorera uye mune zvekutengesa zvekutakura zvinhu zvakakurumidza, akati wandei akafamba mumakomisheni ane njodzi huru yekubvisa kukombwa kweMalta. uye vakatora chikamu muOperation Substance muna Chikunguru 1941, Imperial Star uye vaive muOperation Halberd mwedzi unotevera, uye muna Nyamavhuvhu 1942 Melbourne Star uye vakashanda muOperation Pedestal. Muna February 1942 imwe ngarava yekirasi imwe cheteyo,, yakabudirira kubvisa vanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva 2 160 kubva mukuwa kweSingapore. 