 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Force Q, kusanganisira Sirius, yakatora chikamu muhondo yekupedzisira yegungwa yakaitwa muGungwa reMediterranean muna 1942. Yakanga iine cruisers Sirius,, uye vanoparadza uye, iyo yakavharidzira mudiki Axis convoy muSicilian Channel yakagadzirirwa kuTunisia, kutanga Hondo yeSkerki Bank. Chikepe cheAxis chaisanganisira ngarava dzehondo dzeGerman KT-1 uye ngarava dzehondo dzeItaly Aventino , Puccini uye Aspromonte chikepe chehondo-chikepe, uye simba rekuperekedza rakagadzirwa nevatatu vanoparadza uye ngarava mbiri dze torpedo. Force Q yakabata konvoyi yacho usiku hwaDecember 1 kusvika 2. Ngarava dzeBritain dzakarwisa ndokunyudza ngarava dzose ina dzevarwi pamwe chete neimwe yevanoparadza, vachikuvadza zvikuru imwe uye zvose zviri zviviri zvikepe zve torpedo. Mudzvinyiriri Camicia Nera akabudisa torpedo dzake dzose nhanhatu dziri kure nemakiromita maviri chete, asi akarasikirwa nengarava dzeBritain. Pakutanga kwezuva, kurwisana kwakashata kwepedyo kwakaratidza kukunda kweBritish: Axis kurasikirwa kwakasvika kune 5 ngarava uye varume vanopfuura 2000, nokuda kwekurasikirwa kweHMS Quentin G78 pakutanga kwezuva kuLuftwaffe dive bombers. 