at first, "furious" made several trips to west africa, but she began to ferry aircraft to gibraltar in 1941. an unsuccessful attack on german-occupied ports on the arctic ocean interrupted the ferry missions in mid-1941. "furious" was given a lengthy refit in the united states and spent a few months training after her return in april 1942. she made several more ferry trips in mid-1942 before her aircraft attacked airfields in vichy french algeria as part of the opening stages of operation torch in november 1942. the ship remained in the mediterranean until february 1943 when she was transferred to the home fleet.