Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa 29 September na 6 October 1942, "P48" yakaita rimwe basa rokutenderera, muGungwa reAlboran, asi haina kunyoresa kunyura kupi nokupi. Musi waOctober 31, "P48" yakabva kuGibraltar kunofambazve muMediterranean, nemirairo yokuita basa rinokosha rokumhara kuAlgiers, ndokuzoenda kuMalta. Zvombo zvaro zvakanga zvaderedzwa kuva torpedo nhanhatu dzose kuti zviite nzvimbo yemidziyo yokuwedzera. Pana 4 October, "P48" yakatanga boka rokumhara mu folbot, ipapo yakaita senhare yeredhiyo inotungamirira panguva yeAllied landings
mazuva matatu gare gare. Pashure pokurairwa kuti aende kunorinda kure neBizerte, Tunisia, "P48" yakaona ngarava yomuvengi inotengesa ndokurwiswa nayo nemapurisa matatu, asi yakarasika. Pashure pokumwe kudenha kusina kubudirira, ngarava yepasi pegungwa yakaguma kufamba kwayo muMalta ndokubatanidzwa ne10th Submarine Flotilla iyo yakanga yakavakirwa ikoko.