Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da aka bincika jirgin a ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, tsarin man jirginsa yana ta zubewa kuma yana buƙatar gyara. An canja biyar daga cikin jirage zuwa "Illustrious" don kai hari a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba a kan Taranto (Operation Judgement
), yayin da "Eagle" ya kasance a Alexandria. Daya daga cikin Swordfish na "Eagle" an harbe shi ta hanyar tashin hankali na Italiyanci. Jirgin ya rufe jiragen ruwa da yawa zuwa Girka da Malta a cikin sauran watan Nuwamba. Shida daga cikin jiragensa sun yi ruwan bama-bamai a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Tripoli a daren 24-25 ga Nuwamba ba tare da asara ba. "Eagle" ya shafe mafi yawan watan Disamba a Alexandria, amma jirginsa ya goyi bayan yakin basasa, musamman ma lokacin da suka ga jiragen ruwa da kuma lokacin da aka harbe Bardia a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1941. A tsakiyar watan Janairu, jirgin ya rufe wani jirgi zuwa Girka, amma mummunan yanayi ya hana shirin kai hari kan sansanonin Italiya a hanya. Bayan dawowarta, an sake tsara kayan aikinta na jirgin sama don hada da karin mayakan, kamar yadda "Eagle" yanzu ke da alhakin ɗaukar nauyin mayakan a kan jirgin bayan da 'yan bindigar Jamus suka yi wa "Illustrious" rauni a ranar 11 ga Janairu. Don yin sarari ga mayaƙan, an saukar da ɗaya daga cikin rundunonin Swordfish kuma an yi amfani da shi don tallafawa yakin basasa. Lokacin da "Eagle" ke rufe wani jerin gwano zuwa Malta a tsakiyar watan Fabrairu, jirgin yana dauke da Fairey Fulmar tara na 805 Squadron, Gladiators Gladiators biyar da Swordfish shida.