Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Gambia" an mayar da shi zuwa Royal Navy a Portsmouth a ranar 27 ga Maris, 1946. An sake gyara shi kuma an sake dawo da shi a ranar 1 ga Yuli 1946 don 5th Cruiser Squadron tare da Far East Fleet. Ta koma Burtaniya a ranar 6 ga Janairu 1948, kuma a watan Janairun 1950 an sanya ta zuwa rundunar sojan ruwa ta 2 a cikin Bahar Rum, daga baya ta yi aiki tare da rundunar sojan ruwa ta 1 a wannan tashar har zuwa Oktoba 1954. A shekara ta 1953, ita da 'yar'uwarta sun kai kayan agaji zuwa tsibirin Zakynthos na ƙasar Hellas sa'ad da girgizar ƙasa ta auku a yankin Ionia
Ka yi haƙuri. Jami'an Girka za su yi sharhi daga baya, "mu Helenawa muna da doguwar al'ada tare da Royal Navy kuma ya rayu har zuwa kowane tsammanin a cikin al'adarsa ta rashin kuskure na kasancewa koyaushe na farko don taimakawa". A cikin wannan shekarar ta shiga cikin Fleet Review don bikin bikin Sarauniya Elizabeth II.