 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, Bulwark ne5th BS dzakanga dzakavakirwa paPortland uye dzakatumirwa kuChannel Fleet ichangobva kugadziridzwa kuti dzidzivirire English Channel. Mushure mekutakura kwakachengeteka kweBritish Expeditionary Force kuenda kuFrance muna Nyamavhuvhu, 5th BS yakaramba iri muPortsmouth kusvika 4 Gunyana pavakadzokera kuPortland. Vakaramba vari ikoko kusvikira muna October kunze kwokudzidzira. Kubva 5 kusvika 9 November, Bulwark yakabata dare rehondo reRear-Admiral Sir Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge nokuda kwezviito zvake panguva yekutsvagayechikepe chehondo cheGermany uye chikepe chehondo chechiedza muGungwa reMediterranean muna August. Musi wa14 Mbudzi, 5th BS yakaendeswa kuSheerness nekuda kwekunetseka kuti kupamba kweGermany kweGreat Britain kwakanga kuri pedyo. 