 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kusvikira muna November 1941 Dragon yakashanda sengarava yaiperekedza ngarava dzakasiyana-siyana muAtlantic, pashure pacho yakaendeswa kuAsia. Kutevera kutanga kwehondo neJapan muna Zvita, akashanda nemauto eAmerican-British-Dutch-Australian Command, achiperekedza makondirakiti kuenda kuSingapore, HMS Dragon yaive ngarava yekupedzisira yehondo kubva kuSingapore isati yazvipira. Musi wa 20 Ndira 1942, akabatanidzwa kuWestern task force inoshanda muJava Sea, iyo yaisanganisira HMAS Hobart, HMS Danae, HMS Tenedos uye HMS Scout. Pashure pokuwa kweJava, yakabatana neDutch cruiser, uye yakashanda ichibva kuCeylon. Muna May akatumirwa kuMadagascar. Mwedzi wakatevera wacho, vakawanda vevashandi vechikepe chacho vakaburuka ndokuendeswa kune mamwe mapoka, nepo Dragon yakatanga rwendo rwayo rwokudzokera kuBritain kunovandudzwa. Sezvo vashandi vomumugumo vakanga vasingagoni kushanda ngarava yacho vakazvimiririra, aifanira kubatanidzwa kumakonvhi akasiyana-siyana uye zvakatora inenge hafu yegore asati asvika Liverpool kuburikidza neCape Town, Chatham neDurban. 