Two of the four cruisers of the First Special Squadron at Singapore were sent to Cape Town, South Africa, and four destroyers were sent to the Mediterranean for basing out of Malta.
驻新加坡的第一特务舰队的四艘巡洋舰中的两艘，被派往南非的开普敦，四艘驱逐舰被派往地中海，以在马耳他外围设立基地。