 She sailed from Lorient on 24 September and headed into the Mediterranean Sea.There on 10 October she engaged three British tank landing craft off Sidi Barrani, Egypt.After missing with a torpedo, she engaged with her deck gun, slightly damaging HMS "TLC-18" (A 18), before breaking off the attack after being hit by 40 mm shells, which wounded two men (one fatally) and damaged the conning tower.