Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe emezigharịchara ya, a kpọgara "Glasgow" na Mediterenian ebe e were ya n'ọrụ dị ka onye na-eso ndị njem na-eso ụzọ na dị ka ihe nkwado nke 3rd Cruiser Squadron dabere na Alexandria. Ọ sonyere n'agha ụgbọelu nke Fleet Air Arm nke merụrụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Ịtali na Taranto
; n'abalị iri na anọ nke ọnwa Nọvemba, "Glasgow", ya na, na, si n'Aleksandria bufee ndị agha 3,400 na Piraeus. Na November 26, "Glasgow", na "York" sooro otu ụgbọ njem na-ebute ihe si Alexandria gaa Malta.