 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chechikonzero cheiyi mhedzisiro yakanaka munaNovember 1941, kwaive kusvika kweForce K yeRoyal Navy, iyo panguva yeHondo yeDuisburg Convoyyakanyudza ngarava dzose, idzo dzakapotsa dzadzivisa zviteshi zveLibya. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Force K yakasimbiswa nekusvika muMalta kweForce B ine zvikepe zvechiedza uye uye K-class destroyers, Kimberley uye Kingston, musi wa 27 November. Kushanda pamwe chete neRAF kwakanga kwakanaka kwazvo zvokuti muna November 1941, kurasikirwa kwemafuta kweAxis kwakasvika pamatani 49.365 pamatani 79.208. Pakati pevaya vakabatsira mukunyura kweAxis kutakura ngarava yaive 828 Naval Air Squadron, 830 Naval Air Squadron, yeBritish 10th Naval Flotilla uye 69 Squadron iyo yakasvibisa makondirakiti nendege yavo yeMaryland. Ndege dzakakosha dzeRAF Wellingtons dzakagadzirirwa nemhepo-kune-pasi ngarava ASV radar, dzaikosha kumabasa eK Force, uye Ultra njere yakasvika kuMalta pane Axis convoy mafambiro. RAF Malta Command yaizobva yatumira ASV-Wellingtons kunotsvaira makungwa ndokutungamirira mauto ehondo eBritain kuenda kumutsetse. 