Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan an ba da umurni sai ta shiga cikin Rukunin Tafiya na 7 da ke Greenock a Scotland, tare da sauran mambobi ciki har da 'yan uwan mata da kuma kuma daga baya za su shiga tare da. Ayyukan sun hada da rakiyar da kuma tallafawa jiragen ruwa a Arewacin Atlantic da Gibraltar. A watan Yulin 1943, "Crane" ya shiga cikin aikin Husky
, mamayewar Ingila da Amurka na Sicily, tare da rakiyar rundunar kai hari daga Burtaniya zuwa Bahar Rum daga 28 ga Yuni zuwa 7 ga Yuli, sannan kuma rundunar kai hari ta biyu zuwa rairayin bakin teku a ranar 13 ga Yuli. A watan Agusta 1943, don kauce wa hare-haren jiragen sama na RAF Coastal Command a cikin Bay of Biscay, jiragen ruwa na Jamus da ke kan hanyar arewacin Atlantic sun fara rungumar bakin tekun Faransa da Arewacin Spain. A matsayin martani, Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Royal Navy ta tura kungiyoyin masu sintiri don yin sintiri a Cape Finisterre don dakatar da Jamusawa daga amfani da wannan hanyar, amma hare-haren jiragen saman Jamus sun tilasta wa masu sintiri su matsa zuwa yamma, inda ba su da tasiri. "Crane" an yi amfani da shi a cikin ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan kungiyoyi a watan Satumba na 1943, amma bai sami nasara ba.