 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1941, 8th DF yakafambisa Force H sezvo yakafukidza makondirakiti akawanda nevatakuri vendege vaibhururuka ndege kuenda kuMalta. Pavakanga vachidzoka kubva kune rimwe remabasa okupedzisira, Forester, Foresight, Faulknor, Fearless uye Foxhound vakanyura musi wa18 June. Mwedzi mumwe gare gare, Fearless yakakuvadzwa nemabhomba eItaly musi wa 23 Chikunguru apo yaiperekedza ngarava kuenda kuMalta uye yaifanira kunyudzwa nehanzvadzi yayo Foresight apo Firedrake yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya nekupotsa kusangana uye yaifanira kudzokera kuGibraltar kuti igadziriswe. Ngarava dze8th DF dzakawanda dzakadzokera kumusha pakati paAugust naOctober nokuda kwekugadzirisa uye kugadzirisa. Encounter yakatamiswa kuMediterranean Fleet muna April uye yakapedza mwedzi inoverengeka ichigadziriswa sezvo yakakuvadzwa zvikuru nemabhomba paMalta. Ngarava yacho yakabva yaendeswa kuEastern Fleet muna November uye yakasvika kuSingapore mwedzi wakatevera. Eclipse, Echo, uye Electra vakagoverwa ku3rd Destroyer Flotilla yeHome Fleet pakutanga kwe1941 uko vakafambisa ngarava huru dzezvikepe apo vakanga vachitsvaka vatengesi veGermany uye pane mamwe mabasa. Escapade yakatanga kuperekedza makondirakiti kuenda kuRussiamuna August uye akaramba achidaro kwechikamu chikuru chegore rakatevera racho. Electra akaita zvimwe chetezvo kwemwedzi inoverengeka kutozosvikira iye ataurwa kuti aperekedze ngarava yehondo uye ngarava yehondo kuSingapore muna October, pamwe chete neExpress. 