<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - I-HMS Forester yayingenye yezikhali eziyisishiyagalolunye ze-F-class ezakhelwe iRoyal Navy ekuqaleni kwawo-1930. Yize yabelwe i-Home Fleet lapho iqedwa, umkhumbi wanikezwa iMedithera Fleet ngo-1935-1936 ngesikhathi se-Abyssinia Crisis. Emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II ngo-September 1939, wasiza ekucwiliseni umkhumbi-ngwenya waseJalimane wabe esehlanganyela eMpini Yesibili yaseNarvik  <response>: ngesikhathi seMpi YaseNorway yango-1940. Forester wathunyelwa eGibraltar maphakathi no-1940 futhi waba yingxenye Force H lapho wahlanganyela ekuhlaselweni Vichy imikhumbi French at Mers-el-Kébir futhi Battle of Dakar phakathi escorting abathwali izindiza Force H njengoba landizela indiza for Malta futhi ukumboza convoys resupplying futhi ukuqinisa esiqhingini kuze kube sekupheleni 1941. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi umkhumbi wasiza ekucwiliseni omunye umkhumbi-ngwenya waseJalimane. 