 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Chimbambaira chaiva paValiant chaisatombobata muviri wechikepe chacho, saka chakakuvadzwa zvishoma pane chaiva paQueen Elizabeth. Pasinei zvapo nokuva nechigadziro chakakomba mberi, materu ake akanga ari pamusoro pemvura, uye iye akaramba akasununguka nechepasi pechiteshi. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asingakwanisi kufamba, akakwanisa, kunyange kwemazuva mashomanana chete, kupa pfungwa yekugadzirira kurwa kwakakwana, zvichida kusvikira agona kugadziriswa. Valiant yakagadziridzwa muDurban, South Africa, ichiita miedzo yapashure-yekugadzirisa muna Chikunguru 1942, uye yakatora chikamu mukudzidzira neEastern Fleet mwedzi wakatevera. Pakupera kwaAugust, Valiant yakabatanidzwa muOperation Touchstone, muitiro wokuedza dziviriro dzeEast Africa mukurwisana nechisimba chinobva mugungwa uye kuitisa muitiro wokutanga weOperation Ironclad, kupindirwa kweMadagascar neFrance. Yakagara mumvura dzeAfrica kusvikira pakupera kwegore, uye yakadzokera kuDevonport nokuda kwekugadziriswazve munaJanuary 1943. 