Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Akabva abva kuMalta musi wa5 December, aine HMS "Kingston" uye "Lively", uye ngarava dzehondo "Ajax" uye "Neptune". Vakaumba boka raiperekedza ngarava yokutsanya yokugovera HMS "Breconshire", panguva yokufamba kwayo kuti isangane nengarava dzaibva kuAlexandria. "Ajax", "Neptune" uye "Lively" vakaparadzaniswa musi wa6 Zvita vakadzokera kuMalta. "Kimberley" yakaramba iri "Breconshire". Ivo vakabatanidzwa musi wa7 Zvita naHMAS "Hobart", asi akakurumidza kusarudzwa kuti aende kunobatsira HMS "Flamingo", iyo yakanga yakakuvadzwa kure neTobruk. "Kimberley" uye "Kingston" vakasvika kuAlexandria ne "Breconshire" musi wa 8 December. Musi wa15 Zvita "Kimberley" akabatana neHMS "Carlisle", "Euryalus" uye "Naiad" uye magwa "Hasty", "Havock", "Jervis", "Kingston", "Kipling", "Decoy" uye "Nizam" mukuumba Force C, iyo yakapiwa kuti iperekedze "Breconshire" kuenda kuMalta. Pakazosvika 16 December mishumo isina kusimbiswa yeboka rehondo reItaly rakanga richiperekedza motokari yokuendesa zvinhu kuBenghazi yakanga yasvika kumasimba eBritain. Simba racho rakaonekwa musi wa 17 December, uye "Breconshire" yakaparadzaniswa neForce C, ichiperekedzwa ne "Decoy" uye "Havock". "Kimberley" akaramba ari muChikwata C. Kurwisana kwenguva pfupi kwakatevera, kwakazozivikanwa seHondo Yokutanga yeSirte
, umo ngarava dzehondo dzeItaly dzakadzokera shure pashure pokunge magwa okuparadza eBritain aedza kusvika kuti arwise torpedo. "Kimberley" akadzokera kuAlexandria musi wa18 December pamwe chete navamwe vose vaiperekedza.