 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Devonshire yakanga iri muMediterranean apo hondo yakavamba muna September 1939 kutozosvikira yaendeswa kuHome Fleet mwedzi yakati gare gare. Mushure mokunge ngarava dzezvokutengeserana dzapambwa nengarava dzehondo dzeGermany uye musi wa 23 November, Devonshire nengarava dzehondo vakabva muClyde vachiedza zvisina maturo kuwana ngarava dzeGermany. Muna March 1940 akava mureza wechikepe che 1st CS, uye akabhururuka mureza weMangwana First Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral John H. D. Cunningham. Munguva iyi squadron yakapiwa basa rokufukidza Scotland, Faeroe Islands neIceland. Sechikamu chezvirongwa zveAllied zvekutora zvikamu zveNorway uye kurambidza kutengeswa kwesimbi kubva kuNarvik kuenda kuGerman Operation Wilfred uye Chirongwa R 4, Devonshire uye vamwe vese vechikwata vakagoverwa kufambisa mauto eBritish kubva kuRosyth kuenda kuStavanger neBergen uye kuve vakagadzirira kufamba mangwanani e8 Kubvumbi, asi zvirongwa izvi zvakambokanganiswa nekupinda kweGermanmusi iwoyo. 