 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Aendeswa kuBritain, Burrell akagadzwa mukuru mukuru wechikepe chitsva cheN-class chakaparadzwa musi wa15 Gunyana 1941. Basa rokutanga rechikepe chacho rakanga riri rokutakura nhume yeTrade Union Congress yaitungamirirwa naSir Walter Citrine kuenda kuArchangel, Russia. Pashure pokudzokera kuBritain, akafamba kuenda kuIndian Ocean kunobatana naAdmiral Sir James Somervilles Eastern Fleet paAddu Atoll, Maldives, musi wa 26 February 1942. Mushure mokubva kweEastern Fleet kuKilindini, Kenya, Norman akabatanidzwa mukubatwa kwaDiego Suarez paMadagascar musi waMay 7. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, yakatumirwa kuMediterranean uye muna June yakabatanidzwa muOperation Vigorous, kuedza kusina kubudirira kudzorera zvigaro zvechitsuwa cheMalta chakakombwa. Adzorerwa kuIndian Ocean, Burrell akatungamirira Norman muhondo yechipiri yeHondo yeMadagascarmuna September, uye akanzi mumashoko musi wa19 February 1943 nokuda kweushingi hwake uye ruzivo panguva yebasa racho. Panguva ino Norman akanga achiperekedza makondirakiti muPacific, asati aendeswa kuSouth Atlantic nokuda kwemabasa ekurwisa-submarine muna April-May. 