 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1942, Sharpshooter yakaumba rutivi rwekufambiswa kwepedyo kweArctic convoy PQ 18, neSharpshooter ichishandiswa sechikepe chokununura kuti itore vapukunyuki kubva mungarava dzanyura pamwe chete nemabasa akajairika okuperekedza. Ngarava dzacho dzakarwiswa zvakasimba nemhepo uye ngarava dzepasi pemvura, uye ngarava 13 dzakanyura. Sharpshooter akanunura vapukunyuki 101 mukati mebasa racho. MunaNovember 1942, Sharpshooter akaperekedza kudzoka kweQP 15 kuenda kuIceland, asi musi waNovember 27, nguva pfupi mushure mekubva mumotokari, yakasangana nechikepe chevatakuri Empire Snow, ichikuvadza zvakanyanya minesweeper. 