Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba 1941, an ba Vian umurnin 15th Cruiser Squadron (tutar a, wanda aka kafa a Alexandria. Babban aikin sojan ruwa a wannan matakin na yakin Bahar Rum shine tabbatar da rayuwar Malta a matsayin mallakin Birtaniyya da sansanin soja ta hanyar kare motocin jigilar kayayyaki yayin hana motocin jigilar Italiyanci samar da dakarun su a arewacin Afirka. Ayyuka na biyu sun haɗa da samar da kayan aiki da tallafin bindigogi na ayyukan soja na Allied a arewacin Afirka da kuma sauran wurare, kamar yadda aka yi nasarar harbe-harben Derna a watan Disamba. Jirgin farko na Vian ya kasance a watan Disamba na 1941 kuma ya jagoranci yakin farko na Sirte
Ka yi haƙuri. Wannan, a zahiri, jerin rikice-rikice ne tsakanin jiragen yaƙi na Biritaniya da Italiya da ke rakiyar jirage masu jigilar kayayyaki da ake matukar bukata. Gabaɗaya, gwagwarmayar ba ta yanke hukunci ba, amma bangarorin biyu sun sami damar isar da kayayyakin. An yi amfani da dama don tallafawa sojojin da kuma tsayar da 'yan Italiyanci. A daya daga cikin irin wannan aikin, a farkon Maris 1942, jirgin saman Vian, HMS "Naiad", ya yi birgima kuma ya nutsar da shi. Vian ya tura tutar sa zuwa kuma daga baya zuwa.