Force K
The convoy was met by Force K from Malta with two cruisers and four destroyers. MW 14 was not attacked by Axis forces en route or while unloading which was complete by 9 December. Lack opposition led to the sailing of pairs of ships to Malta with ordinary western desert convoys as far as Benghazi, where they would rendezvous with escorts from Malta and be guarded by Force K against a sortie by Italian ships from Taranto.