Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba 1942, "Duke of York" an aika zuwa Gibraltar a matsayin sabon jirgin ruwa na Force H, kuma ya goyi bayan Allied landings a Arewacin Afirka
wata mai zuwa. A wannan lokacin "Duke of York" ya kasance a ƙarƙashin hare-haren iska ta jirgin saman Italiya a lokuta da dama, amma hare-haren sun kasance ƙananan ƙananan kuma an magance su da sauri ta hanyar "laima" da jirgin sama ya bayar daga masu ɗaukar hoto "Victorious", da kuma. Bayan wannan aikin, "Duke of York" ya koma Birtaniya don sake gyarawa.