 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Scorpion yakabatana ne23rd Destroyer Flotilla yeHome Fleet paScapa Flow musi wa11 Chivabvu 1943 uye yakaiswa parwendo muNorthwestern Approaches. Musi wa20 Gumiguru akabatana neboka rekuperekedza revatakuri vapfumbamwe, corvette yeNorway uye maviri ma minesweepers ayo akaenda kuKola Inlet sechikamu cheOperation FR, yakarairwa kudzosa ngarava dzevatengesi dzaive dzakamirira mumachiteshi eRussia muzhizha apo Arctic Convoysvakanga vamiswa basa. Yakafukidzwa negomba rakasimba, motokari RA54A yakasvika yakachengeteka muLoch Ewe musi wa 14 November, apo ngarava dzezvikepe dzakatendeuka kuti dziperekedze Convoy JW 54B kuArchangel. Akadzokera kuScapa Flow, asi akanga ari kunze zvakare musi waDecember 10 kuti atarise hondo yehondo uye cruiser iyo yakanga yave yakarayirwa kuenda kugungwa kuti ifukidze Convoy JW 55A. Kriegsmarine haina kubuda uye nokudaro yakafamba nengarava yehondo nzira yose kusvika kuKola Inlet, chiito chisina kujairika uye chine ngozi chakashamisa vaRussia. 