Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta gaba ta tashi daga Malta a ranar 5 ga Disamba, tare da HMS "Kingston" da "Lively", da kuma masu jirgi "Ajax" da "Neptune". Sun kasance masu kula da jirgin ruwa mai sauri HMS "Breconshire", a lokacin da ta wuce don saduwa da jiragen ruwa daga Alexandria. "Ajax", "Neptune" da "Lively" sun rabu a ranar 6 ga Disamba kuma suka koma Malta. "Kimberley" ya kasance tare da "Breconshire". HMAS "Hobart" ya haɗu da su a ranar 7 ga watan Disamba, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka raba shi don zuwa taimakon HMS "Flamingo", wanda ya lalace a Tobruk. "Kimberley" da "Kingston" sun isa Alexandria tare da "Breconshire" a ranar 8 ga Disamba. A ranar 15 ga Disamba "Kimberley" ya haɗu da masu jirgi HMS "Carlisle", "Euryalus" da "Naiad" da masu hallaka "Hasty", "Havock", "Jervis", "Kingston", "Kipling", "Decoy" da "Nizam" a cikin samar da Force C, wanda aka ba shi izinin rakiyar "Breconshire" zuwa Malta. A ranar 16 ga Disamba rahotannin da ba a tabbatar da su ba game da rukunin yaƙin Italiya da ke rakiyar jerin gwano zuwa Benghazi sun isa sojojin Burtaniya. An ga wannan rundunar a ranar 17 ga watan Disamba, kuma "Breconshire" ya rabu da Force C, wanda "Decoy" da "Havock" suka yi. "Kimberley" ya kasance tare da Force C. Wani ɗan gajeren lokaci ya biyo baya, daga baya ya zama sananne a matsayin Farko na farko na Sirte
, wanda jiragen ruwa na Italiyanci suka janye bayan da masu hallaka na Birtaniya suka yi ƙoƙari su kusanci su yi hare-haren torpedo. "Kimberley" ya koma Alexandria a ranar 18 ga watan Disamba tare da sauran masu rakiyar.