Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakawhiwhia ki te Rōpū Mine 17, i whakahaerehia e "Speed" ngā parekura takutai i te takutai o Algeria i ngā marama e rua e whai ake nei. I te 5 o Hōngongoi, ka wehe ia i Mers El Kébir, Algeria, ka uru atu ki te Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt's Western Naval Task Force mo te whakaekenga o Sicily.
He aha? Ko te rere me nga kaipuke o Task Force 85, i kati ia i te takutai o Sicily i Scoglitti i te 10 o Hurae ka mahi hei kaipuke whakahaere i nga whakaeke amphibious.