Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'October 1942, "Duke nke York" so na
Allied mbuso agha nke North Africa, ma hụrụ obere ihe dị ka ọrụ ya chọrọ naanị ka ọ chebe ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu. "Duke nke York" kwụsịrị ụgbọ mmiri Portuguese "Gil Eannes" na 1 Nọvemba 1942 na ndị agha jidere Gastão de Freitas Ferraz. Ndị Briten nwetala ozi redio na-egosi na ha na-eme nnyocha n'oké osimiri, ikekwe na-emebi ihe nzuzo nke Operation Torch na-abịanụ.