Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ƙarshen Oktoba, "Ajax" ya fara aiki na farko na ayyukan biyu don ɗaukar dakarun ƙarfafawa zuwa Suda Bay, a Crete a cikin Operation Barbarity; ta sha wahala kusa da kuskuren hare-haren iska. A lokacin da ya dawo cikin jirgi a ranar 6 ga watan Nuwamba, ya taimaka wajen samar da kariya ga wani jirgin ruwa na Malta, MW3. Wannan babban aiki ne, wanda ya hada da yawancin jiragen ruwa na Rumunan da kuma wani ɓangare na manyan jiragen ruwa, Operation Coat. Ta kasance wani ɓangare na Force X wanda aka ware daga babban rundunar jiragen ruwa a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba don shiga cikin Straits of Otranto, tsakanin Italiya da Albania, don samar da karkatarwa da kuma ba da kariya ga nasarar da aka samu.
wani hari na jirgin ruwa a kan Taranto.