Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - "Mohawk" uye "Nubian" vakanga vachifambisa ngarava inorema panguva yekurwiswa kweBardia, Libya yeItaly, musi wa17 September paakarwiswa nebhomba reItaly torpedo. "Nubian" akaidzorera kuAlexandria nepo "Mohawk" akavaperekedza kusvikira vasvika musi wa19. Mazuva matatu gare gare, 14th DF, kusanganisira "Mohawk", yakarova nhandare yendege paSidi Barrani uye zvinangwa zviri pedyo; ngarava yakadzoka musi wa25 Gunyana, ichirwisa marori. Nepo chikamu chikuru cheMediterranean Fleet chakadzivirira mutakuri wendege sezvo ndege dzayo dzakarwisa Italian Fleet muTaranto
pausiku hwa11/12 Mbudzi, Mutevedzeri-Admiral Henry Pridham-Wippell akatora matatu akareruka cruisers, akaperekedzwa ne "Mohawk" uye "Nubian" akatendeukira kuchamhembe kunorwisa ngarava dzeItaly kumaodzanyemba kweAdriatic Sea. Vakasangana nekamba duku yengarava ina, yaiperekedzwa nengarava yokuyamura uye chikepe che torpedo. "Mohawk" ndiyo yakatanga kuvhura moto, ichiti yakabata "Ramb III" uyezve imwe pachikepe che torpedo, kunyange zvazvo ngarava dzose dzakakwanisa kuputsa kuonana. Ngarava dzehondo dzakanyudza ngarava dzose dzokutengesa dzisati dzasanganazve nomuviri mukuru. Usiku hwaDecember 11/12, muparadzi akaperekedza mucherechedzi paakarova zvigaro zveItaly pedyo neSollum, Egypt.