<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Havock yakatanga kuperekedza ngarava dzinotakura zvinhu muna June kuenda kuTobruk, Libya kusvikira ngarava yacho yakakuvadzwa muna October. Yakagadziriswa nenguva kuti igone kuperekedza boka revanhu kuenda kuMalta munguva ye  <response>: Hondo Yokutanga yeSirte muna December uye yakakuvadzwa zvikuru neItaly hondo yehondo Littorio apo ichidzivirira imwe motokari munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeSirte muna March 1942. Kugadziridza kwakaedzwa muMalta, asi ngarava yacho yakakuvadzwazve mukurwiswa nendege pakuvamba kwaApril. Admiralty yakasarudza kuti kumwe kuedza kuigadzirisa paMalta kwakanga kusina maturo uye yakarayira kuti iende kuGibraltar nokuda kwokugadzirisa zvachose. Musi waApril 6, paakanga achienda kuGibraltar, Havock yakamhara pedyo neCape Bon, kuTunisia, uye vashandi vayo vakaiswa mujeri neVichy French kuLaghouat muSahara. 