 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Jamaica yakabatanazve neHome Fleet pakutanga kwa1943 uye yakagamuchira zvombo zvitanhatu zveAA zvinoshandiswa nemagetsi pamwe chete nezvombo zvina zveimwe nguva mukati megore. Pakati paNovember iye akadzivirira makondirakiti RA 53B, JW 54A, JW 54B uye RA 54B, asi haana kubatanidzwa. Pana 15 December iye akanzi Force 2, ari kure achiperekedza nokuda Convoy JW 55A, pamwe wengarava yehondo uye mana nevanoparadza. Force 2 yaitungamirirwa naAdmiral Bruce Fraser, Mutungamiri Mukuru weHome Fleet, mu Duke of York. Kwenguva yokutanga uto reBritain raiva kure rakafambisa ngoro yacho kusvikira kuKola Inlet. Kupfuura kwavo kwakanga kusina njodzi, uye Force 2 yakafamba musi wa 18 December kuti iitezve mafuta muIceland. Asati asvika kwaaienda, Admiral Fraser akagamuchira mashoko kubva kuUltra okuti kubuda kwechikepe kwaigona kurwisa Convoy JW 55B, iro rakanga ratova mugungwa. 