<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 Mukurwisa Souda Bay  <response>: , akapiwa HMS Nile, Royal Navy pamhenderekedzo kugadzwa muIjipiti, uye akashanda pamusoro mudonzvo Commander-in-Chief, 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. 