Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te marama o Akuhata 1940 i tukuna a "York" ki te Mediterranean Fleet, i uru atu ki te 3rd Cruiser Squadron i Alexandria i te mutunga o Hepetema, i muri i te whakahaerenga i tetahi kaikawe huri noa i te Cape of Good Hope. E rua nga ra i muri mai ka uru ia ki te Mahinga MB.5, i te wa i whakahaeretia ai e te Mediterranean Fleet nga kaipuke maama me a raatau e kawe ana i nga hoia ki Malta. I te Pakanga o Cape Passero, i whakapakeke a "York" i te kaipuke whakangaromanga i te 13 o Oketopa i muri i te whakaeke a te kaipuke whakangaromanga ki te kaipuke maama i te ahiahi o mua. I te marama i muri mai, ka whakahaeretia e te "York" me te Mediterranean Fleet te Operation MB8, he raupapa matatini o nga mahi, tae atu ki te Operation Judgment
, i te wa i whakahaeretia ai e te kaipuke te kaikawe rererangi i te wa i whakaekea ai e tana waka rererangi te Italian Fleet i Taranto i te ahiahi o te 11/12 o Noema. I etahi ra i muri mai, ka kawea e te "York" nga hoia o Ingarangi mai i Arehanaria, i Ihipa, ki Piraeus, i Kariki. I te 26 o Whiringa-a-rangi, ko "York", me te toenga o te 3rd Cruiser Squadron, i hipoki i tetahi waka iti ki Malta.