<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: I-Queenborough yasuka eTrincomalee ngo-Okthoba 15 njengengxenye yeTask Force 63, umsebenzi weBritish Eastern Fleet wokugxila ukunakwa kwamaJapane ogwini olusentshonalanga yeMalaya njengokuphambukisa ukufika kwama-amphibious aseMelika ePhilippines. Ukuhlaselwa okuphambukisayo, okwaziwa ngokuthi i-Operation Millet, kwahlanganisa uchungechunge lwezinqindi kanye nokuhlaselwa kwezindiza ngokumelene nezindawo zaseJapane nemikhumbi eMalacca naseCar Nicobar, futhi kwakuhloswe ukuthi kubonakale sengathi ama-Allies ayelungiselela ukuhlasela iMalaya. I-Queenborough yayihlanganiswe neQembu 1, elihlanganisa umkhumbi wempi kanye nabagibeli bawo, futhi yahlasela iCar Nicobar ngo-Okthoba 17 no-18. Naphezu kokulimala okukhulu ezindaweni ezihlosiwe, i-Operation Millet yehlulekile ukuheha impendulo ebalulekile evela kumaJapane, njengoba izinsiza ezazikhona zazivele zisendleleni eya  <response>: ukuvikela iLeyte ekuhlaselweni. 