Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te otinga o tētahi wā whakangungu poto i Norfolk, Virginia, ka rere a "Nelson" i te 7 o Hune ki te whai wāhi ki te
te whakaekenga o Hiti. I a ia e whakawhiti ana i te moana, ka tae ia ki Algiers i te 20 o Pipiri. I te mahi hei rangatira mo te Kaiwhakahaere Task Force 81 (TF 81) i te wa o te mahi Sicily, i whakawhiwhia a "Nelson" ki te waahanga pokapū o te Western Task Force. Ko tenei roopu ko te whakaeke i nga hoia whakaeke i runga i nga takutai tata ki Gela, Sicily, ki te whakawhānui i te rohe i riro, me te hopu i te papa rererangi tata ki Ponte Olivo.