<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-Agasti 1940 iYork yabelwa uMkhumbi WaseMedithera, yajoyina i-3rd Cruiser Squadron e-Alexandria ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba, ngemuva kokuphelekezela ikholomu ezungeze iCape of Good Hope. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva wabamba iqhaza ku-Operation MB.5, lapho uMkhumbi WaseMedithera uhambisana nama-cruisers alula futhi njengoba ehambisa amabutho eMalta. Phakathi nenkathi  <response>: Impi yaseCape Passero, i- York yacwilisa umkhumbi okhubazekile futhi owashiywa ngo-Okthoba 13 ngemuva kokubambana komshayeli womkhumbi nomkhumbi omncane kusihlwa esedlule. Ngemva kwenyanga York kanye ne-Mediterranean Fleet benza i-Operation MB8, uchungechunge olunzima lwezindlela, kuhlanganise ne-Operation Judgment, lapho umkhumbi uhambisana nomthwali wezindiza njengoba indiza yakhe ihlasela i-Italian Fleet eTaranto kusihlwa ngoNovemba 1112. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa, umkhumbi i-York wathatha amasosha aseBrithani e-Alexandria, eGibhithe, wawathumela ePiraeus, eGrisi. NgoNovemba 26, i- York, kanye ne-3rd Cruiser Squadron, bavikela umkhumbi omncane oya eMalta. 