Ọ laghachiri n'Òtù Ndị Agha Mmiri nke Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ n'August 1940; dị ka ọtụtụ n'ime ụmụnne ya ndị nwanyị, e kenyeziri ya ọrụ n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian, na-ahapụ Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Dị Anya na March 1941. Ozugbo ọ nọ na Mediterenian, a na-eji ya escort convoys dị ka ụgbọ mmiri A / A nke 15th Cruiser Squadron maka convoys si Alexandria na Gris (Operation Lustre). O sonyere na Agha nke Cape Matapan, yana nke mbụ
na agha nke abụọ nke Sirte.