<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Barham, imikhumbi emibili, kanye nemikhumbi emithathu yokubulala nayo eyabelwe uMkhumbi WaseMedithera yaqanjwa ngokuthi i-Force F njengengxenye ye-Operation Coat, enye yochungechunge oluyinkimbinkimbi lokunyakaza kwemikhumbi eMedithera. Imikhumbi yempi kanye neminye imikhumbi ye-Force F yayinomsebenzi wokuthutha amabutho aye eMalta, ngaphambi kokuqhubeka aye e-Alexandria. Barham yayithwele amabutho angama-600, kubandakanya namadoda e-12 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Force F asuka eGibraltar ngomhlaka-7 Novemba, ephelezelwa yiForce H, ahlangana nomzimba omkhulu weMediterranean Fleet ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva futhi akhipha umthwalo wabo eMalta kamuva ngalolo suku. Ngesikhathi sihamba ngomkhumbi ngasempumalanga, umkhumbi-mkhombe wezindiza wahlukaniswa nomzimba oyinhloko ukuze uhlaselwe  <response>: I-Taranto ngobusuku bukaNovemba 1112, yalimaza imikhumbi yempi emithathu yase-Italy. I-Barham, manje eyabelwe i-1st BS, kanye ne-Malaya bathunyelwa eSouda Bay, eKrethe, ngaphambi kokuya e-Alexandria, bafika lapho ngoNovemba 14. 