 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - HMS Escort yaive E-kirasi inoparadza yakavakirwa Royal Navy mukutanga kwema1930. Kunyange zvazvo yakapiwa Home Fleet paakapedza, ngarava yakanga yakabatanidzwa kuMediterranean Fleet muna 193536, panguva yeAbyssinia Crisis. Munguva ye Spanish Civil War ya1936-1939, akapedza nguva yakawanda ari Spanish mvura, kumanikidza zvombo blockade kwakaitwa Britain neFrance kumativi ose kunetsana. Escort yakapiwa basa rokufambisa motokari uye mapurisa anodzivirira ngarava dzepasi pemvura muWestern Approaches, apo Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga muna September 1939. Munguva yeNorwegian Campaign, ngarava iyi yaiperekedza ngarava dzeHome Fleet, kunyangwe iye akadhonza hanzvadzi yake mushure mekunge ngarava yekupedzisira yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya nekurwiswa nendege kweGerman. Escort yakapiwa kuH Force mukupera kwaJune, uye yakabatanidzwa muKurwisa kweMers-el-Kébirmukuvamba kwaJuly. Yakabatwa torpedo mazuva mashomanana gare gare, nechikepe cheItaly, asi yakasungwa kwemazuva matatu yakananga kuGibraltar isati yanyura. 