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Force K Force K was the name of three British Royal Navy task forces during the Second World War. The first Force K operated from West Africa in 1939, to intercept commerce raiders. The second Force K was formed in October 1941 at Malta to operate against convoys sailing from Italy to Libya. Axis air attacks on Malta led to Force K being reduced and on 8 April 1942 the last ship of the force was withdrawn. After convoy ''Stone Age'' was run to Malta from Force K was re-established and began operations again against Axis convoys. ==First Force K== This task force was based in Freetown, Sierra Leone and consisted of battlecruiser , aircraft carrier and destroyers , , and . Its mission was to track and destroy German commerce raiders in the South Atlantic, such as the pocket battleship . After the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939, Force K was sent to the coast of Uruguay to prevent any sortie by ''Graf Spee'', which was in Montevideo. After ''Graf Spee'' was scuttled, Force K was broken up, with ''Ark Royal'' escorting the cruiser (damaged in the battle with ''Graf Spee'') back to Britain.
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