Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Queenborough" ya bar Trincomalee a ranar 15 ga Oktoba a matsayin wani ɓangare na Task Force 63, wani aikin Birtaniya na Gabas na Gabas don mayar da hankalin Jafananci a yammacin tekun Malaya a matsayin mai karkatarwa ga Amurka amphibious landings a Philippines. Hare-haren da aka sani da Operation Millet, sun hada da jerin hare-haren bama-bamai da hare-haren iska a kan gine-ginen Japan da jiragen ruwa a Malacca da Car Nicobar, kuma an yi niyyar bayyana kamar dai abokan adawar suna shirya mamayewar Malaya. "Queenborough" an haɗe shi da Group 1, wanda ya ƙunshi jirgin yaƙi da masu rakiyarta, kuma ya harbe Car Nicobar a ranar 17 da 18 ga Oktoba. Duk da mummunar lalacewar da aka yi wa yankunan da aka yi niyya, Operation Millet ya kasa jawo hankalin wani muhimmin martani daga Jafananci, kamar yadda albarkatun da aka samu sun riga sun kasance a kan hanyar zuwa
kare Leyte daga mamayewa.