Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzokera kwayo kuMediterranean yakabatana neChikwata H, uye munaNovember yaive chikamu cheCentre Task Force yeKuburitsa muNorth Africa, Operation Torch
. Kunze kweOran, akabatanidzwa neVichy French destroyers uye musi wa8 Mbudzi 1942, kunyudza iyo yekupedzisira uye kukuvadza iyo yekutanga zvakanyanya zvokuti aifanira kuiswa pamhenderekedzo. Zuva rakatevera rakakuvadza zvikuru muparadzi "Épervier" ndokumuendesa kumhenderekedzo. Pakazosvika December akanga achishanda sechikamu Force Q pana Bône pamusoro Axis kubviswa uye kugovera convoys pakati Trapani uye Tunis.