Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mabasa eConvoy akaenderera mberi kusvika 27 Kubvumbi 1940 paakaendeswa kuHome Fleet kutsigira kubviswa kwemauto eAllied kubva kuNorway muOperation Alphabet
. Musi wa 29 April pamwe chete nedzimwe ngarava shanu ("Somali", "Mashona", "Sikh", "Walker" uye "Westcott") uye ngarava dzakareruka "Sheffield", "Arethusa" uye "Galatea" akaenda ku Åndalsnes. Mukati mechiito "Wanderer" akanunura varwi 150 asi akava akaganhurirwa uye aifanira kusunungurwa neHMS "Sikh".