 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kaputeni Cisneros, kunyange sezvo Murimi weMhenderekedzo yegungwa akanga achigadzirira kubva kuBrisbane nokuda kwebasa rimwe chetero, akatora ngarava kumaodzanyemba akapoteredza Australia kuenda kuFremantle pamhenderekedzo yokumadokero nokuda kwokugadziriswa kweinjini, mafuta nemvura asati aenda kuBatavia nokuda kwemirairidzo yokumhanyira kuCorregidor. Munyori wenhau dzesayenzi L. Ron Hubbard, panguva iyeyo Lieutenant muU.S. Navy, akarangwa nokuda kwebasa rake mukutungamirira Don Isidro kumativi okumaodzanyemba kweAustralia, makiromita ane zviuru zvitatu kubva munzira yayo. Kusvika ikoko pana 9 February 1942 hurongwa hwose hwakanga huchibuda pachena sezvo mauto eJapane akatora nhandare yendege yeTengah ndokuita kumwe kumhara pachitsuwa cheSingaporeuyewo kutanga kufamba vakananga kuSumatra. Musangano nevamiriri veU.S. Navy musi waFebruary 10, sezvo mamiriro ezvinhu muSingapore ari kuwedzera uye maJapan ari kukunda Borneo neCelebes, chirongwa ichi chinoshandurwa na Don Isidro achibatana neBritish escorted convoy gare gare musi iwoyo mukufamba kuburikidza neSunda Strait kuenda kuIndian Ocean. Ikoko ngarava yacho yaizoparadzana nekomvhi musi wa13 uye yaizoedza kuenda kumaodzanyemba kweJava, ichipfuura nomuGungwa reTimor yozoenda neTorres Straits uye pakupedzisira ichipfuura nomuDampier Strait kumabvazuva kweNew Guinea kuti ipfuure nomuGungwa reBismarck nePacific kuenda kuPhilippines. 