Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Barham", masu sintiri biyu, da masu hallaka uku waɗanda aka sanya wa Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum an sanya su a matsayin Force F a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Coat, ɗayan mawuyacin jerin ƙungiyoyin jiragen ruwa a cikin Bahar Rum. An ba da jirgin ruwa da sauran jiragen ruwa na Force F don ɗaukar sojoji zuwa Malta, kafin ci gaba zuwa Alexandria. "Barham" an ɗora shi da sojoji 600, gami da mazajen 12 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Force F suka tashi daga Gibraltar a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, tare da Force H, suka haɗu da babban ɓangaren Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum kwana uku bayan haka kuma suka sauke kayan su a Malta daga baya a wannan ranar. Yayin da yake tafiya zuwa gabas, mai ɗaukar jirgin sama ya rabu da babban jikin don kai hari ga Taranto
a daren 11/12 Nuwamba, ya lalata jiragen ruwa na Italiya guda uku. "Barham", yanzu an sanya shi zuwa 1st BS, da "Malaya" an raba su don yin tanadi a Souda Bay, Crete, kafin su tashi zuwa Alexandria, suna isa can a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba.