Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1942, an ba Fancourt aikin kula da jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Searcher", wanda ake ginawa a lokacin a Amirka. An soke wannan, duk da haka, kuma ya dauki umurnin 4th Destroyer Flotilla wanda ya ƙunshi masu hallaka biyu, HMS "Broke" da HMS "Malcolm", wanda aka sanya wa
Operation "Torch", mamayewar kawance na Arewacin Afirka ta Faransa. 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").