<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni wayehlala eMalta, wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseCalabria ngoJulayi 9, 1940, wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseCape Spartivento, ngoNovemba 27, 1940, wabamba iqhaza eMpini Yokuqala yaseSirte  <response>: Ngo-December 17, 1941 wabe esethuthela eTrincomalee ngoMashi 1942 futhi waba amandla ahamba kancane, ahlanganisa imikhumbi yempi ye-R-class, ye-Eastern Fleet ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa kwe-Indian Ocean ngo-Ephreli kuya kuMeyi 1942. 