Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1942, yayin da aka tura shi zuwa Oran, Algeria don
Operation "Torch", "Achates" ya gano, kuma ya kai hari kan jirgin ruwan Vichy na Faransa, wanda ya tashi don kalubalanci Allied landings a yankin. "Achates" ya kai hari kan "Argonaute", ya ga hauhawar mai zuwa saman teku da manyan kumfa na iska, da tarkace daga ciki, da waje na jirgin ruwa. Bayan wannan, a wani lokaci na gaba, HMS Westcott ya sake kai hari, sabili da haka duka jiragen ruwa biyu sun kasance sun mutu.