 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cleopatra akaenda kuGibraltar kutanga kwa1942, uye musi wa9 February akaenda kuMalta, kwaakakanganiswa pakarepo nebhomba. Pashure pokugadziriswa, akaendeswa kuAlexandria mukuvamba kwaMarch nokuda kwe15th Cruiser Squadron. Akanga Admiral Philip Vian kuti mureza panguva Second Battle of Sirte, apo boka rake mana chiedza cruisers uye 17 nevanoparadza akabata kure Italian simba iyo yaisanganisira yehondo, maviri anorema cruisers, chiedza cruiser uye 10 nevanoparadza, vakanga zvose akatuma kuvhiringidza konvoi yavo kuna Marita. Mukati mokurwisana, radar yeCleopatra nenhepfenyuro dzisina waya dzakaparadzwa ne6 pfuti yakapfurwa nechiItaly light cruiser. Dzimwe nhau dzinotaura kuti Cleopatras pashure pokunge shongwe dzaparadzwawo. Muna June 1942, iye akafukidza Operation Harpoon uye Simba, uye muna August akarova Rhodes sekutsausa kweOperation Pedestalkonvoyi. 