Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan karɓar rahotannin harin da aka kai a Pearl Harbor da
Bayan da sojojin Japan suka sauka a Malaya, Force Z ya tashi a cikin teku a cikin marigayi ranar 8 ga Disamba a ƙoƙarin tsayar da rundunonin mamayewa. Wannan ya kunshi "Prince of Wales" da "Repulse", tare da masu hallaka hudu, "Electra", "Express",, da kuma Australiya. An gano jiragen ruwa a lokacin da yammacin ranar 9 ga watan Disamba ta, kuma jiragen ruwa daga wasu jiragen ruwa na Japan sun gano jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya daga baya a wannan rana kuma sun yi musu inuwa har sai da dare. Admiral Sir Tom Phillips ya yanke shawarar soke aikin kamar yadda aka faɗakar da Jafananci. Force Z ya dawo da yamma, bayan da ya yi kokarin yaudarar Jafananci cewa suna zuwa Singora. A 00:50 a ranar 10 ga Disamba, Admiral Philips ya karbi siginar saukar abokan gaba a Kuantan kuma ya canza hanya don haka zai isa jim kadan bayan wayewar gari.