 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Vampire yakashanda mumvura dzeAustralia kusvika pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, uye musi wa14 Gumiguru 1939, yakabatana nehanzvadzi dzayo ngarava uye Stuart simba rainzi Scrap Iron Flotilla sezvavakagoverwa kuMediterranean Theatre. Kubvira paakasvika kusvikira muna April 1940, Vampire yainyanya kushandiswa pakufambisa motokari pakati peMalta neMarseilles. Muparadzi akavhiyiwa somunhu vatsigiri uye Anti-ngarava dzepasi pemvura patrol chikepe kubva pakupera kwaApril, uye akatungamirira British ndege anotakura panguva Hondo Calabriamusi wa9 July. Kukuvadzwa bedzi kwakatambudzwa neVampire kwakanga kuri mugumisiro wokupotsa uye kuputsika kwakakonzerwa nechitima cheItaly chinoputika Eagle: mutyairi weRN torpedo ari muchikepe chinoparadza akava munhu wokutanga akafa muhondo ari muchikepe cheRAN paakafa mazuva matatu gare gare kubva kumakumbo. 