 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Somerville gbe asia rẹ si ọkọ oju-omi ogun HMS Renown ni Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1940 o si ṣe olori awọn ọmọ ogun Ilu Gẹẹsi ni Ogun ti Cape Spartivento ni Oṣu kọkanla; Churchill binu ni Somerville fun ko tẹsiwaju lepa Awọn ọkọ oju-omi Ilu Italia lẹhin ogun yẹn o si firanṣẹ Earl ti Cork ati Orrery lati ṣe iwadii, ṣugbọn Cork rii pe Somerville ti ṣiṣẹ ni pipe. Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun H gbógun ti ìlú Genoa : Ni 9 Kínní 1941, ati Somerville, ṣi wa ni HMS Renown ni May 1941, tun ṣe ipa pataki ninu wiwa ati fifọ ti o kẹhin ni oṣu yẹn. Somerville gbe asia rẹ si ọkọ oju-omi ogun HMS Nelson ni Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1941 ati tun ṣe ipa pataki ni aabo Malta lati ikọlu ọta ni Igba Irẹdanu Ewe ọdun 1941. O gbe asia rẹ si ọkọ oju-omi ogun HMS Rodney ati lẹhinna si ọkọ oju-omi ogun HMS Malaya. Wọn yàn án gẹgẹ bí Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire fún iṣẹ rẹ pẹlú Force H ní 21 October 1941. 