 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa30 Kurume 1942 Gremyashchy akaona ngarava yehondo yepasi pemvura isingazivikanwe ndokuburitsa zvombo gumi nezviviri zvakadzika. Mukati April 1942, iye aibatanidzwa escorting convoys QP 10, PQ 14 uye QP 11. Musi wa 30 Kubvumbi, akaperekedza iyo yakakuvara, zvisinei akamanikidzwa kudzokera kunzvimbo muna 1 Chivabvu nekuda kwekushomeka kwemafuta. Akaedza kudzokera kuHMS Edinburgh musi waMay 2 mushure mokunge adzokazve, zvisinei panguva iyoyo Edinburgh yakanga yatonyura. Musi waMay 5-6, akapinda muchirongwa chekuperekedza Convoy PQ 15. 