Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Nuwamba, Force B (wanda ya ƙunshi "Ajax", da masu hallaka biyu, da kuma a ƙarƙashin jagorancin 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 don samar da jiragen ruwa na Axis a kan hanyar zuwa Libya. A ranar 19 ga Disamba, bayan da ya shiga cikin jigilar jirgin ruwa zuwa Malta a cikin Operation MD 8 wanda ya haifar da
An fara yakin farko na Sirte, an tura rundunar B don neman tawagar Italiyanci da aka ci karo da ita a wannan yakin amma ya fadi a cikin wani filin da aka yi wa Tripoli, wanda ya haifar da asarar "Neptune" da "Kandahar" da kuma lalacewar wasu jiragen ruwa biyu. Bayan wannan, sojojin B da K sun janye daga Malta.