Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1940 an sanya "York" ga Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum, ya shiga cikin Squadron na 3 na Cruiser a Alexandria a ƙarshen Satumba, bayan ya raka wani jerin gwano a kusa da Cape of Good Hope. Kwana biyu bayan haka ta shiga cikin Operation MB.5, inda Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum ya raka masu jirgi masu haske kuma yayin da suke jigilar sojoji zuwa Malta. A lokacin yakin Cape Passero
, "York" ya nutsar da nakasassu kuma ya watsar da mai rushewa a ranar 13 ga Oktoba bayan da mai rushewa ya shiga cikin jirgin ruwa mai haske a daren da ya gabata. Bayan wata daya daga baya "York" da Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum sun aiwatar da Operation MB8, wani tsari mai rikitarwa na motsa jiki, gami da Operation Judgment, inda jirgin ya raka mai ɗaukar jirgin sama yayin da jirginsa ya kai hari ga Jirgin ruwan Italiya a Taranto a yammacin 11/12 Nuwamba. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, jirgin ruwan ya ɗauki sojojin Britaniya daga Iskandariya, a ƙasar Masar zuwa Piraeus, a ƙasar Hellas. Ranar 26 ga watan Nuwamba, "York", da sauran 'yan wasa na 3rd Cruiser Squadron, sun rufe wani karamin jirgi zuwa Malta.