Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: 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 te taputapu i roto i Hune 1945 a ko tonu i roto i te ahunga whakamua i te wa i te
Ko te whakamutua o te pakanga me Hapani i te 15 o Akuhata 1945 i mutu ai te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i akiaki i te mutunga o tana whakahou me te whakakore i tana whakawhiti ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. I hoki ia ki Belfast i taua marama.