 Pashure pokuperekedza ngarava inotakura zvinhu kuFreetown, Sierra Leone, uye kuTakoradi, Ghana, muna January 1941, Encounter yakadzokera kuForce H nenguva kuti ipinde muOperation Picket pakupera kwemwedzi wacho. Uku kwakanga kuri kurwisa kusina kubudirira kwe torpedo kwousiku neasere eArk Royals Fairy Swordfish paTirso Dam muSardinia. Ngarava dzeBritain dzakadzokera kuGibraltar musi wa4 Kukadzi uye dzakatanga kugadzirira Operation Grog., kurwisa kwegungwa kuGenoa, kwakabudirira kuitwa mazuva mashanu gare gare. Ngarava yakabva yaendeswa kuSouth Atlantic kuti iite mabasa ekuperekedza kwenguva yakati isati yaenda kunobatana neMediterranean Fleet kuAlexandria musi wa14 Kubvumbi. Paakanga achigadziriswazve muchiteshi chakaoma muMalta, Encounter yakakuvadzwa nekuputika uye zvimedu apo bhomba rakaputika pasi pechiteshi panguva yekurwiswa kwemhepo musi wa 29 April. Rimwe bhomba rakarova nhare yegungwa zuva rakatevera racho ndokuputika gomba muchivako. Yakanga yarohwa nechimwe chimbambaira musi wa 16 May icho chakaputika rimwe gomba muchivako chayo ndokumisa mabhati ayo nemichina inodzinga mvura apo mvura yakafashukira mukati mechivako. Kugadziriswa kwakatora kusvika muna Chikunguru kupedzisa, munguva yekuti ngarava ipinde muOperation Substance, panguva yaakaperekedza zvikepe zvitanhatu zvisina chinhu kubva kuMalta kuenda kuGibraltar, 23-26 Chikunguru. Mazuva mashomanana gare gare, akaendesa zvikwata zvehondo kuMalta munguva yeOperation Style. Musi wa22 Nyamavhuvhu, Force H, ichiperekedzwa ne Encounter nedzimwe ngarava ina dzinoparadza, yakaenda kunorwisa nhandare yendege paTempio Pausania, Sardinia, sekutsausa sezvo yaisa munda wemaminerari kubva kuLivorno, Italy. 