Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - "Barham", ụgbọ agha abụọ, na ndị agha atọ a na-ekenye na Mediterranean Fleet ka a họpụtara Force F dị ka akụkụ nke Operation Coat, otu n'ime usoro mgbagwoju anya nke ụgbọ mmiri na-agagharị na Mediterranean. A gwara ụgbọ agha na ụgbọ mmiri ndị ọzọ nke Force F ka ha buru ndị agha gaa Malta, tupu ịga n'ihu na Alexandria. "Barham" bu ndi agha 600, tinyere ndi nwoke nke 12 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Force F hapụrụ Gibraltar na 7 Nọvemba, nke Force H na-eso ya, zutere isi ndị Mediterranean Fleet ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị ma bupụ ibu ha na Malta n'ụbọchị ahụ. Ka ụgbọelu ahụ na-aga n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ, e kewapụrụ ya n'isi ụgbọelu ahụ iji wakpo Taranto
n'abalị nke 11/12 Nọvemba, merụrụ atọ Italian battleships. "Barham", nke a na-ekenye ugbu a na 1st BS, na "Malaya" nọpụrụ iche iji gbanye mmanụ na Souda Bay, Crete, tupu ịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri gaa Alexandria, rute ebe ahụ na November 14.