"Kimberley" forced "Francesco Nullo" aground on an island near Massawa, at the Battle of Harmil Island on the morning of 21 October. "Kimberley" was hit in the engine room by a shore battery and had to be towed to Port Sudan by "Leander". The wreck of "Francesco Nullo" was bombed on 21 October by three Blenheims of 45 Squadron. From 22 to 28 November, "Archimede" and "Galileo Ferraris" sailed to investigate reports of a convoy but found nothing, as did "Tigre", "Leone", "Daniele Manin", "Nazario Sauro" and "Galileo Ferraris" from 3 to 5 December. From 12 to 22 December "Archimede" sailed twice after sighting reports of ships but both sorties came to nothing; "Galileo Ferraris" sortied off Port Sudan. from June to December the RAF escorted 54 BN and NB convoys from which one ship was sunk and one damaged by Italian aircraft.