Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - "Barham", lua o vaa folau, ma ni vaa taufaamatau se tolu na tofia foʻi i le Mediterranean Fleet na faaigoaina o le Force F o se vaega o le Operation Coat, o se tasi o faasologa lavelave o gaoioiga a le auvaa i le Metitirani. Na faatonuina le vaʻa taua ma isi vaʻa o le Force F e ave ni fitafita i Malta, a o leʻi faaauau atu i Alexandria. O le "Barham" sa utaina ma le 600 fitafita, e aofia ai alii o le 12 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Force F na tuua Gibraltar i le aso 7 o Novema, faatasi ai ma le Force H, na feiloai ai ma le vaega autu o le Metitirani Fleet i le tolu aso mulimuli ane ma lafoaʻi a latou uta i Malta mulimuli ane i lena aso. A o folau atu i sasaʻe, na vavaeese le vaa o loo ave vaalele mai i le vaa autu ina ia osofaʻia ai Taranto
i le pō o Novema 11/12, na faaleagaina ai ni vaa taua se tolu a Italia. O le "Barham", lea ua tofia nei i le 1st BS, ma le "Malaya" na tuu ese atu e toe faʻatumu i Souda Bay, Kereta, aʻo leʻi folau atu mo Alexandria, ma taunuu ai iina i le aso 14 o Novema.