 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Ngarava zhinji dzakadzoserwa kumba kana kutumirwa kuNorth Atlantic kubva muna Gumiguru kusvika munaNovember 1939, mushure mekunge zvave pachena kuti Fascist Italy yakanga isiri kuzopindira muHondo Yenyika II. Zvadaro vakatanga kuperekedza zvikepe zvaienda kune dzimwe nyika uye kuongorora zvikepe zveGermany zvinotakura vanhu pasi pegungwa uye zvikepe zvinorwisa zvokutengeserana. Ngarava mbiri dzakaraswa nemigodhi yeGermany mumwedzi mitanhatu yokutanga yehondo. Zvimwe zvitatu zvakarasika mukati meNorwegian Campaign, imwe muhondo neGermany cruiser uye maviri munguva yeHondo Yokutanga yeNarvik muna April 1940. Hondo yeFrance yaiva muedzo unotevera nokuda kwevanoparadza kubva muna May-June, nevakawanda veGs uye Havant vachibatanidzwa mukubviswa kweDunkirk uye kubviswa kwakazotevera kwemauto eAllied kubva kumadokero kweFrance. Ngarava nhatu dzakanyudzwa, mbiri nemabhomba uye imwe nemapurisa. Zvizhinji zvezvikepe zveH-class zvakatumirwa kuMediterranean muna Chivabvu kuitira kuti Mussolini asarudze kurwisa France uye ruzhinji rweGs dzakapona dzakatumirwa kuForce H kuGibraltar muna Chikunguru. Vaviri vavo, uye, vakapinda muHondo yeDakar, vasati vagoverwa kuMediterranean Fleet pamwe chete nedzimwe ngarava dzavo. Pakupera kwegore racho, ngarava dzacho dzakabatanidzwa muhondo dzinoverengeka neRoyal Italian Navy, dzakarasikirwa nembiri nemigodhi yeItaly uye torpedoes, uku dzichidonhedza ngarava mbiri dzeItaly. Havants dzakapedza nguva huru yehondo muNorth Atlantic pamabasa okuperekedza konvoi, dzichirasikirwa nehafu yenhamba yadzo kumaU-boats eGermany, dzichibetsera kunyudza matanhatu mukutsinhana pakupera kwehondo. 