 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakupera kwa1940, Revenge naRoyal Sovereign vakadzokera kunofambisa ngarava muNorth Atlantic, uye Ramillies akabatana navo muna January 1941 pashure pokupedza kugadziridza. Munguva iyi, Ramillies yakaodza mwoyo maGermany maviri kubva pakurwisa motokari yaaifambisa. Revenge uye Ramillies vakanga vari mugungwa panguva yeOperation Rheinübung, kubuda kwechikepe chehondo cheGermany muna May uye vakabatana nekuvhima ngarava, asi havana kuiwana. Resolution yakapedza yakawanda ya 1941 ichigadziriswa, kutanga muFreetown, South Africa uye ipapo muUnited States. Pakupera kwegore racho, Admiralty yakasarudza kutumira ngarava ina dzeRevenge-class kuFar East se3rd Battle Squadron mukutarisira hondo neJapan. Ivo vakasvika pakuvamba kwa 1942, panguva iyo vaJapan vakanga vatoparidzira hondo uye vakaparira nhevedzano yokurasikirwa kunyika Dzakabatana munharaunda yacho. Ngarava dzacho dzakatiza pamberi pokurwisa kweJapan muIndian Ocean, sezvo dzakanga dzisingakwanisi kurwisana nengarava dzinotakura ndege dze1st Air Fleet ine simba. Ngarava dzehondo dzakabva dzatanga kushanda pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeAfrica, dzichiperekedza zvikwata zvevarwi. Ramillies akanga aripo mukati meHondo yeMadagascarmuna May, apo rakaputirwa neigwa reJapan. Yakatanga kugadziriswa muDurban, kuSouth Africa, uye gare gare muDevonport. 