Force Q, including "Sirius", took part in the last naval battle held in the Mediterranean Sea during 1942. It consisted of cruisers "Sirius", , and destroyers and , which intercepted a small Axis convoy in the Sicilian Channel destined for Tunisia, starting the Battle of Skerki Bank. The Axis convoy consisted of the German troopship "KT-1" () and Italian troopships "Aventino" (), "Puccini" () and "Aspromonte" (a militarized ferry-boat, ) and an escort force composed of three destroyers and two torpedo boats. Force Q intercepted the convoy on the night of 1–2 December. The British ships attacked and sank all four troopships alongside one of the escorting destroyers, heavily damaging another and both torpedo boats. The destroyer "Camicia Nera" launched all of her six torpedoes from a range of only 2 kilometers, but missed the British ships. At dawn, the savage short-range engagement revealed a clear British victory: Axis losses amounted to 5 ships and over 2000 men, for the loss of HMS Quentin (G78) at dawn to Luftwaffe dive bombers.