<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Barham, imikhumbi emibili, nemikhumbi emibili yokulwa nayo eyabelwe uMkhumbi WaseMedithera yabizwa 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 uhlasele iTaranto  <response>: ngobusuku bukaNovemba 1112, kwalimaza 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. 