Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 19 ga Disamba, a kusan lokacin Yaƙin Sirte na farko
, jiragen ruwa daga dakarun biyu sun shiga cikin filin ninkaya yayin da suke bin wani jirgin saman Italiya, "Neptune" ya nutse kuma "Aurora" ya lalace. Har ila yau, mai hallaka ya buga wani ma'adinai yayin da yake ƙoƙari ya taimaka wa "Neptune" kuma ya rushe shi a rana mai zuwa. Bayan wannan kuma tare da sake farfado da hare-haren iska na Axis na Malta, sauran jiragen ruwa na ruwa sun janye, sai dai "Penelope", wanda ya lalace sosai don barin. Yawancin hare-haren iska yayin da ta kasance a cikin tashar jiragen ruwa ya sami "Penelope" sunan "HMS Pepperpot"; jirgin ruwa mai haske ya tashi zuwa Gibraltar a ranar 8 ga Afrilu 1942, ya kawo karshen Force K na biyu.