<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umkhumbi wonke waseMedithera wasuka e-Alexandria ngo-Okthoba 8 ukuze uvikele ama-Convoys amaningana aseMalta, futhi uzame ukudonsa umkhumbi wase-Italy empini. Ama-convoy afinyelela lapho ayeya khona ngokuphepha, futhi lo msebenzi wawungenamsebenzi ku- Sydney; okuwukuphela kokuxhumana namabutho ase-Italy kwakuwukubambana phakathi kwasekuseni ngo-Okthoba 12 phakathi komkhumbi wamabutho waseBrithani kanye nezikebhe eziyisikhombisa zama-torpedo zase-Italy kanye nababhubhisi, lapho i- Ajax yacwilisa abathathu 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 kwaze kwaba ngo-October 28, lapho amaNtaliyane ehlasela iGrisi  <response>: : 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. 