Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwamba Force B (wanda ya ƙunshi "Ajax", da masu hallaka biyu, da kuma a ƙarƙashin umurnin Rear Admiral Bernard Rawlings an tura shi zuwa Malta don ƙarfafa jiragen ruwa na Force K da ke can a can da kuma aiwatar da hare-haren hare-haren jiragen ruwa na Axis a kan hanyar zuwa Libya. A ranar 19 ga Disamba, bayan ya shiga cikin jigilar jirgin ruwa zuwa Malta a cikin Operation MD 8 wanda ya haifar da Yaƙin Sirte na farko
, An tura Force B don neman tawagar Italiyanci da aka ci karo da ita a wannan yakin amma ya fadi a cikin wani filin da ke kusa da Tripoli, wanda ya haifar da asarar "Neptune" da "Kandahar" da kuma lalacewar wasu jiragen ruwa guda biyu. Bayan wannan, sojojin B da K sun janye daga Malta.