<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-Havock yaqala ukuhambisa izinqola zokuphakela ngoJuni ukuya eTobruk, eLibya kwaze kwaba yilapho umkhumbi ulimala ngo-Okthoba. Walungiswa ngesikhathi ukuze ahambisane nomkhumbi oya eMalta phakathi neMpi Yokuqala YaseSirte  <response>: ngoDisemba futhi yalimala kabi yi-battleship yase-Italy Littorio ngenkathi ivikela enye ikholomu ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili yaseSirte ngoMashi 1942. Kwazanywa ukulungisa eMalta, kodwa umkhumbi walimala kakhulu ekuhlaselweni indiza ekuqaleni kuka - April. I-Admiralty yanquma ukuthi imizamo eyengeziwe yokuyilungisa eMalta yayingenangqondo futhi yayala ukuba iye eGibraltar ukuze ilungiswe unomphela. Ngo-Ephreli 6, ngenkathi isendleleni eya eGibraltar, i- Havock yaphahlazeka eduze neCape Bon, eTunisia, futhi iqembu lakhe laboshwa yiVichy French eLaghouat eSahara. 