<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-Agasti 1940 York yabelwa eMpumalanga YaseMedithera, yajoyina i-3rd Cruiser Squadron e-Alexandria ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba, ngemuva kokuhambisa umkhumbi ozungeze 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. Ngesikhathi seMpi yaseCape Passero, i- York yacwilisa umkhumbi okhubazekile futhi washiywa ngo-Okthoba 13 ngemuva kokubambana komshayeli womkhumbi nomkhumbi omncane kusihlwa esidlule. Ngemva kwenyanga York kanye Mediterranean Fleet kwenziwa Operation MB8, uchungechunge eziyinkimbinkimbi maneuvers, kuhlanganise Operation Judgment  <response>: , lapho umkhumbi uhambisane nomphathi 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. 