 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Somerville di Alakoso-ni-ori, Eastern Fleet pẹlu asia rẹ ni ọkọ oju-omi ogun HMS Warspite ni Oṣu Kẹta ọdun 1942 ati pe o ni igbega si admiral ni kikun ni Oṣu Kẹrin Ọjọ 6, Ọdun 1942. Lẹyìn tí Singapore ṣubú : , Somerville gbe orílé-iṣẹ ọkọ òkun rẹ láti Trincomalee ní Ceylon lọ sí Kilindini ní Kenya. Ní April 1942 Admiral Chūichi Nagumos powerful 1st Air Fleet Kidō Butai centered around five fleet carriers launched the Indian Ocean raid that inflicted heavy losses on Somervilles fleet including a light aircraft carrier, two heavy cruisers, two destroyers, one corvette, five other vessels, and 45 aircraft. Ní April 1942 Admiral Chūichi Nagumos powerful 1st Air Fleet Kidō Butai centered around five fleet carriers launched the Indian Ocean raid that inflicted heavy losses on Somervilles fleet including a light aircraft carrier, two heavy cruisers, two destroyers, one corvette, five other vessels, and 45 aircraft. Ní April 1942, Admiral Chūichi Nagumos powerful 1st Air Fleet Kidō Butai centered around five fleet carriers launched the Indian Ocean raid that inflicted heavy losses on Somervilles fleet including a light aircraft carrier, two heavy cruisers, two destroyers, one corvette, five other vessels, and Àkóbá tí wọn ṣe fún Royal Navy àti àwọn ẹgbẹ Commonwealth ní Òkun Íńdíà kò pọ tó bẹẹ, nítorí ìkìlọ tí wọn rí gbà látọdọ àwọn ọlọpàá ni wọn fi ṣí kúrò ní ibùdó wọn kí àwọn ọmọ ogun ilẹ Japan tó bẹrẹ sí kọlu wọn. Somerville yẹra fún ìdojúkọ tààràtà pẹlú Ẹgbẹ Òkun Imperial Japanese, tí ó dáàbò bo àwọn ọkọ òkun méjì tí wọn wà ní Ìlà Oòrùn àti ọkọ ogun kan tí ó yára. 