 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Munguva yaaiva kuNouméa, Vestal yakaita mabasa 158 pazvikepe 21; yakabva pachiteshi ichi musi wa13 November; yakasvika kuEspírito Santo kwapera mazuva matatu; uye yakatanga basa rokugadzirisa zvikepe raizotora gore rose. Mukati memwedzi 12 yakatevera, Vestal yakaita mabasa 5.603 mungarava 279 uye zvivako 24 zviri pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Mamwe emabasa anokosha okugadzirisa akanga ari pavarwi, ngarava dzakakuvadzwa mukati mokurwisana kwehondo dzomugungwa kunorwadza muSolomon Islands mukupera kwa1942 uye pakuvamba kwa1943. Paiva ne:, dzakatsemurwa nehuremu hwakareruka mukati mehondo yeusikuSavo Island musi wa13 Mbudzi 1942; uye, yokupedzisira ine gomba torpedo kuyera 24 kubudikidza, mumwe mafashamo pashure injini kamuri, uye mbiri propeller shafts akaputsika; ari New Zealand chiedza cruiser, izvo, kunze shrapnel uye kurovera kukuvara, akanga atora zvakananga rova pamusoro wake shure shongwe; uye torpedoed uye moto-vakakuvadzwa ngarava nhumbi. 