<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 29 September 1938, Thomas akadanwa kuti aite basa rinoshanda, uye akabatana nevashandi vengarava yehondo. Musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1939, akabatana ne cruiser, kwaaishandira apo Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri yakatanga. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mutungamiri musi wa 27 June 1940. Pashure pokunge yanyudzwa navaItaly mu  <response>: Akapamba paSouda Bay, akapiwa basa kuHMS Nile, Royal Navy kumhenderekedzo yegungwa muEgypt, uye akashanda pavashandi veMutungamiri Mukuru, Mediterranean Fleet. Akaroora kechipiri musi wa 10 Gunyana 1941, kuna Mary Fedora Douglas-Watson, muimbi uye munyori. Akanga ari chirikadzi yemumwe mukuru wehondo, Mutungamiri Francis Douglas-Watson, uye mwanasikana weaimbova seneta weAustralia Anthony St Ledger. 