Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Martin" akagoverwa kuboka rinoperekedza reH Force muOperation Torch
, kuderera muNorth Africa. Akafamba kubva kuScapa Flow musi wa30 Gumiguru sechikamu chekuperekedza Force "H", uye mushure mekuzadza mafuta kuGibraltar musi wa5 Mbudzi akabatanazve neChikwata "H" - simba rekuvhara kusvika kuAlgiers neOran, musi wa8 Mbudzi. Basa reChikwata "H" rakanga riri rokudzivirira pakurwiswa nezvikepe zveItaly, panguva yokumhara. "Martin" yakaputitswa ne torpedo na Wilhelm Dommes mangwanani a 10 Mbudzi semhedzisiro iyo yakaiputika ndokunyura munzvimbo. Vapukunyuki bedzi vakanga vari vakuru vakuru vashanu uye 59 vakatanhamara vakatorwa nomuparadzi.