 After was scuttled, Force K was disbanded and "Ark Royal" escorted the cruiser , which had been damaged in the battle with , back to Britain.Force K was re-created on 21 October 1941, with the light cruisers and and the L and M class destroyers and , to operate from Malta against Italian ships carrying supplies to the Axis forces in North Africa.On the night of 1941, in the Battle of the Duisburg Convoy, Force K destroyed the convoy, forcing the Italian high command to consider Tripoli "practically blockaded".