<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wabe esehamba ngomkhumbi esuka eMalta ngoDisemba 5, ephethe i-HMS Kingston ne-Lively, kanye nezikebhe Ajax ne-Neptune. Bakha iqembu elihambisana nomkhumbi okusheshayo wokuthumela izimpahla i-HMS Breconshire, ngesikhathi edlula ukuze ahlangane nemikhumbi ephuma e-Alexandria. I-Ajax, i-Neptune kanye ne-Lively bahlukaniswa ngomhlaka-6 Disemba babuyela eMalta. Igama elithi Kimberley lahlala nelithi Breconshire. Bahlanganiswa ngo-7 Disemba ngu-HMAS Hobart, kodwa washeshe wahlukaniswa ukuze ahambe esiza i-HMS Flamingo, eyayilimele eTobruk. I-Kimberley ne-Kingston zafika e-Alexandria ne-Breconshire ngoDisemba 8. NgoDisemba 15 Kimberley wajoyina ama-cruisers HMS Carlisle, Euryalus futhi Naiad futhi ababhubhisi Hasty, Havock, Jervis, Kingston, Kipling, Decoy futhi Nizam ekubumbeni Force C, okuyinto wabelwa ukuba ahambe Breconshire eMalta. Ngo-December 16 imibiko engaqinisekisiwe yeqembu lempi lase-Italy elihambisana nomkhumbi wokuhambisa izimpahla eBenghazi yafinyelela emandleni aseBrithani. Amandla abonakala ngo-17 Disemba, kanti i-Breconshire yahlukaniswa ne-Force C, ihambisana ne-Decoy ne-Havock. UKimberley wahlala neQembu C. Kwabe sekulandela ukulwa okufushane, kamuva okwaziwa ngokuthi  <response>: IMpi Yokuqala YaseSirte, lapho imikhumbi yempi yase-Italy yahamba khona ngemva kokuba imikhumbi yempi yaseBrithani izame ukusondela ukuze ihlasele ngama-torpedo. Kimberley wabuyela e-Alexandria ngo-18 Disemba kanye nabanye abagibeli. 