 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Galatea yakabatana neMediterranean Fleet pakugadzwa uye kunze kwenguva kubva munaKurume kusvika munaGunyana 1938 yakashanda sechikepe chikuru, Rear Admiral Destroyers. Yakagadzirirwa muMalta, pakatanga Hondo Yenyika yeSpanish yakanga ichishanda mumapurisa akabatanidzwa achisimbisa mutemo wekusavhiringidza, nguva nenguva mukubatana ne Deutschland nevatongi veItaly. Gare gare yakatumirwa kuAlexandria, yakaramba yakangwarira munguva yokupinda kweItaly muAbissinia. Muchirimo uye muzhizha ra1938 pavakagadziriswazve muDevonport, vakadzorerwa kuMediterranean, vakaendeswa kuMalta neAlexandria. Musi wa 29 March 1939 muGandia Galatea akatora mutungamiri weNational Defense Council colonel Segismundo Casado nevateveri vake; zuva rakatevera iye akafamba nechikepe uye musi wa 31 March Casado akaendeswa kuchipatara chechipatara Maine. 