 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Thanet, Thracian, Scout, Tenedos uye Stronghold vakagadziridzwa kuti vashande kuFar East sevanoparadza nzvimbo dzekudzivirira Sturdy, Scimitar uye Sardonyx zvaifanirwa kujoina ivo muna 193940, nokudaro vachigadzira flotilla yakazara. Sturdy, Tenedos uye Stronghold vakagadziridzwa kuva vanochera zvimbambaira, zvimbambaira zvavo zvetorpedo uye pfuti dzomumashure dzakatsiviwa nokuchengetwa kwezvimbambaira 40. Tenedos uye Stronghold vakaisa minda yeminzwa yokudzivirira yakapoteredza Singapore neMalaya, 193941. Pakatanga hondo neJapan, musi wa7 December 1941, Tenedos uye Stronghold vaiva kuSingapore, nepo Thanet, Thracian uye Scout vaiva kuHong Kong. Scout naThanet vakarayirwa kuenda kuSingapore musi wa 8 December 1941, nepo Thracian akaramba aripo kuti atore rutivi mukudzivirira Hong Kong, uye yakanyura musi wa19 December 1941. Tenedos yaive chikamu cheForce Z panguva yekupinda kwakashata 810 Zvita 1941 umo uye vakanyudzwa. Thanet uye Stronghold vakanyura panguva yekudonha kweMalay Barrier, Ndira kusvika Kurume 1942, nepo Scout uye Tenedos vakagoverwa kuABDA Western Striking Force, ndokutizira kuCeylon munaKurume 1942 zvichitevera kupindirwa kweJapan kuJava. Tenedos akazodzikiswa nendege dzendege dzeJapan paColombo, 5 April 1942, apo Scout yakaramba iri mubasa muIndian Ocean kusvikira December 1943; kugadzirisa kwake kuBombay kwakasiyiwa sekusava nemari uye akaiswa paTrincomalee muna June 1944 senzvimbo yekugara; akadzorerwa kuUK muna December 1945 uye akaparadzwa. 