 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sagaing yakaita rwendo rwayo rwokupedzisira rweRangoon neGlasgow muna 1941, ichisvika kuGlasgow musi wa19 December 1941 kuti igadziriswe. Izvi zvakapfuurira kusvikira pana 7 February 1942, uye akaenda kuRangoon mazuva matatu gare gare musi wa 10 February aine vashandi vatasvi vanokwana 123. Pakubva kwayo kuUnited Kingdom, vashandi vacho vakagamuchira mirairo Yakavanzika Zvikuru kubva kuMukuru weVashandi veAllied, achivapa mutoro wemagandanga. Mutoro wacho waiva weHawker Hurricanes yakaparadzaniswa, zvombo zvakasiyana-siyana, zvimbambaira uye zvinenge 2300 zvakadzika zvinoputika, kunyanya zvakachengetwa pamusoro pezvikwata; izvi zvaive kuwedzera kune mutoro wenguva dzose wemakesi 20 000 imwe neimwe yeAllsopp doro uye Johnnie Walker Red Label whiskey. Vari munzira, ngarava yakasvika kuCape Town musi wa12 Kurume kufamba nechikepe musi wa13, Durban musi wa16 Kurume kufamba nechikepe musi wa19 neColombo musi wa1 Kubvumbi kufamba nechikepe musi wa3; vari munzira kuenda kuCeylon, vashandi vaive vagamuchira teregiramu dzakawanda kubva kuAdmiralty kuti kurwiswa nemaJapan kwaive kungangoitika, zvichipiwa kuvapo kwavo kwehondo kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweAsia zvichitevera kudonha kweRangoon neSingapore.. Kuswedera kuTrincomalee musi wa3 na4 Kubvumbi kwakaitwa padyo nemhenderekedzo kuti vadzivise chero ndege dzeJapan dzinotenderera kana ngarava kubva mungarava dzinotenderera Strait yeMalacca; kuswedera kwakaitwa mukusaoneka kwakaipa kunokonzerwa negomba rakasimba. Sagaing yakasvika muTrincomalee mangwanani-ngwanani pa4th, ichivhara pamudziyo wemapurisa paMalaya Cove uye ichimirira mirairo yekuburitsa mutoro wehondo. Musi wa 5 April, akaedza kuenda asi akadzokera kuTrincomalee zuva rakatevera. 