 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hotspur haina kuona chiito chipi nechipi mukati mekurwiswa kweJapan muIndian Ocean muna April, asi iye akaperekedza mutakuri wendege muna September mukati mematanho ekupedzisira ekurwiswa kweMadagascar. Muna June 1942 ngarava yacho yakadzokera kuMediterranean kunoperekedza imwe ngoro yokuenda kuMalta Operation Vigorous. Yakashandurwa kuva destroyer inoperekedza kutanga muna March 1943 muUnited Kingdom uye yakapiwa kuperekedza makondirakiti muNorth Atlantic kwechikamu chikuru chehondo yakasara. Pashure pokugadziridzwa kwenguva refu mukupera kwa 1944, Hotspur yakasunga ngoro muGungwa reIrish kusvikira pakuguma kweHondo Yenyika II muna May 1945. 