<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Yonke imikhumbi yaseMedithera yasuka e-Alexandria ngo-Okthoba 8 ukuze ivikele ama-Convoys amaningi aseMalta, futhi izame ukudonsa imikhumbi yase-Italy empini. Ama-convoy afika ngokuphepha lapho ayeya khona, futhi lo msebenzi wawungenasici ku-Sydney; okuwukuphela kokuxhumana namabutho ase-Italy kwaba  <response>: umzabalazo ekuseni ngo-Okthoba 12 phakathi kwe-cruiser yaseBrithani nezikebhe eziyisikhombisa ze-torpedo zase-Italy kanye nababhubhisi, lapho i- Ajax yacwilisa khona ezintathu futhi yalimaza okwesine. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 25, iSydney, i-Orion, nezikhali ezibhubhisayo futhi babehileleke ekuhlanzeni i-Aegean ngemikhumbi ye-Axis, befinyelela enyakatho njengeDardanelles. Azikho izehlakalo ezinkulu ezenzeka kuze kube mhlaka-28 Okthoba, lapho amaNtaliyane ehlasela iGrisi: imikhumbi emine yabuyiselwa e-Alexandria, lapho yafika khona ngalobo busuku. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, lezi zikebhe ezimbili zajoyina i-HM Ships futhi zahlangana namandla amakhulu omkhumbi waseMedithera entshonalanga yeKrethe ngo-Okthoba 30. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezalandela, imikhumbi yempi yayihlola iKrethe kanye nezwekazi laseGrisi, futhi yanikeza isivikelo kuhambo lokuqala lokuthumela izimpahla eKrethe. 