I te marama o Mei 1945, i whakatau te Royal Navy ki te tohatoha i te "Essington" ki te mahi me te British Pacific Fleet, e hiahia ana kia whiwhi ia i nga taputapu korero hou mo ana mahi e tatari ana. I tīmata tana whakahoutanga ki te tāuta i ngā taputapu i Hune 1945 ā, kei te haere tonu i te wā o te rangimarie
Na te 15 o Akuhata 1945 i whakaoti ai te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mutu ai tana whakahou me te whakakore i tana nekehanga ki te Moananui a Kiwa. I hoki ia ki Belfast i taua marama.