Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan wani lokaci a kan aikin rakiyar jirgi, "Walney" an zaba shi don Operation Reservist a matsayin wani ɓangare na
mamayar da Allied na Faransa Arewacin Afirka. "Walney", tare da "Hartland" sun shiga cikin tashar jiragen ruwa na Oran da kuma dakarun da za su yi amfani da tankuna na manyan kayan aiki kafin a hallaka su. Ta shiga cikin tashar jiragen ruwa amma an harbe shi da yawa daga bindigogi na Faransa. Ta yi kawai zuwa ga tashar jiragen ruwa kuma masu tsira sun sami damar fita amma daga bisani aka kama su, "Walney" sa'an nan kuma ya nutse. Kyaftin dinta, Frederick Thornton Peters an ba shi lambar yabo ta Victoria Cross "don jaruntaka wajen ɗaukar HMS Walney, a cikin