 Akapfuurira kuva ngarava yokuchengetera zvinhu kusvikira musi wa 26 February 1941 paakatumidzwa zita rokuti HMAS Platypus ndokudzokera kubasa rokufamba nomugungwa sechikepe chokudzidzisa. Muna May 1941, Platypus yakaenda kuDarwin kuti ishandire sechikepe chikuru. Akapukunyuka kurwisa kweJapan paDarwin muna February 1942Uye akagara paDarwin kusvikira January 1943 apo iye akasimuka kuenda Cairns, Queensland apo iye zvakare akashanda somunhu nechikepe kusvikira May 1944. Muna June 1944 Platypus yakagadziridzwa zvikuru ndokuenda kuNew Guinea sengarava yokugadzira nokuchengetedza. Yakashanda muNew Guinea uye Morotai Island kusvikira yadzokera kuAustralia muna December 1945. Basa renguva yehondo rePlatypus gare gare rakazivikanwa nerukudzo rwehondo Darwin 1942-43. 