When south-west of Crete, the convoy was to be met by the 5.25-inch cruisers [ 5 inches ] Dido and Euryalus, with the fleet destroyers HMS Jervis F00 6 , HMS Javelin F61 2 , HMS Kelvin F37 2 , HMS Nubian F36 2 of Force K (Rear-Admiral Arthur Power) from Malta.