<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngokulandelayo wasuka 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 impi emfushane, kamuva eyaziwa ngokuthi iMpi Yokuqala YaseSirte  <response>: , lapho imikhumbi yempi yase-Italy yahamba khona ngemva kokuba ababhubhisi baseBrithani bezame ukusondela ukuze bahlasele ngama-torpedo. Kimberley wabuyela e-Alexandria ngo-18 Disemba kanye nabanye abagibeli. 