<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Barham, ngarava mbiri, uye ngarava nhatu dzinoparadza dzakagoverwawo kuMediterranean Fleet dzakatumidzwa kuti Force F sechikamu cheOperation Coat, imwe yenhevedzano yakaoma yekufamba kwezvikepe muMediterranean. Ngarava yehondo nedzimwe ngarava dzeForce F dzakapiwa basa rokutakura mauto kuenda kuMalta, vasati vapfuurira kuAlexandria. Barham yakatakurwa nevarume mazana matanhatu, kusanganisira varume ve12 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Force F yakabva kuGibraltar musi wa7 Mbudzi, ichiperekedzwa neForce H, yakasangana nemuviri mukuru weMediterranean Fleet mazuva matatu gare gare ndokuburitsa mutoro wavo kuMalta gare gare zuva iroro. Ichiri kufamba nechokumabvazuva, ngarava inotakura ndege yakaparadzaniswa nomuviri mukuru kuti irwise Taranto  <response>: usiku hwaNovember 1112, ichikuvadza ngarava dzehondo nhatu dzeItaly. Barham, zvino yakapiwa 1st BS, uye Malaya vakaparadzaniswa kuzadza paSouda Bay, Crete, vasati vaenda kuAlexandria, vachisvika ikoko musi wa14 November. 