<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo:  <response>: Ekulweni kokuqala kweSirte, imikhumbi evela kuwo womabili amabutho yangena emkhakheni wezimayini ngenkathi ilandela umkhumbi wase-Italy, i- Neptune yacwila futhi i- Aurora yalimala. I-destroyer nayo yashayisa imayini ngesikhathi izama ukusiza i- Neptune futhi yacwiliswa ngosuku olulandelayo ngumcuphi. Ngemuva kwalokhu kanye nokuvuselelwa kwe-Axis air bombardment yaseMalta, imikhumbi yasolwandle esele yakhishwa, ngaphandle kwe Penelope, eyayilimele kakhulu ukuthi ingasuka. Ukuhlaselwa kaningi emoyeni ngenkathi ehlala ethekwini kwaholela ekutheni iPenelope ibizwe ngegama elithi HMS Pepperpot; umkhumbi ohamba ngezinyawo ohamba ngezinyawo waya eGibraltar ngo-8 Ephreli 1942, waqeda iForce K yesibili. 