Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1942, an sanya Fancourt ya zama kwamandan mai ɗaukar jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Searcher", a lokacin da ake ginawa a Amurka. An soke wannan, duk da haka, kuma ya dauki umurnin 4th Destroyer Flotilla wanda ya kunshi masu hallaka biyu, HMS "Broke" da HMS "Malcolm", wanda aka sanya wa Operation "Torch"
, mamayewar kawancen Faransa a Arewacin Afirka. Masu rushewa sun kasance su sauko da wani rukuni na Amurka Rangers. An ba da aikin ne don shiga tashar jiragen ruwa ta Algiers a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, ya sauko da sojojin kuma ya hana Faransawan Vichy daga nutsewar jiragen ruwa ko lalata kayan aikin tashar jiragen ruwa (Operation "Terminal").