Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, a, i whakahau ia i te Battle Cruiser Squadron i te tau 1939. I whai wāhi nui ia ki te pakanga o Norewai, ā, i te tau 1940, me tōna haki e rere ana i runga i te kaipuke whawhai HMS "Warspite", i arahi ia i te Royal Navy ki te wikitoria i te pakanga tuarua o te Ao.
Te Pakanga o Narvik i te tai o Norway. I te raumati o te tau 1940 ka hoki ia ki te Battle Cruiser Squadron. I whakawhiwhia ia ki a ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Tuarua o te Moana me te Tumuaki o nga Kaimahi Moana i te tau 1941 me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua, Rosyth i te tau 1944. I reti ia i te tau 1946.