Kammala wannan magana: A watan Mayu na 1942 "Atherstone" aka canja shi zuwa 16th Destroyer Flotilla, yana rakiyar jirgi a gabar gabashin Birtaniya. A watan Maris na 1943 an canja jirgin zuwa Bahar Rum, ya shiga cikin 18th Destroyer Flotilla. A watan Yulin 1943, "Atherstone" ya shiga cikin
Allied mamayewa na Sicily, wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na sojojin ruwa da ke tallafawa saukowa na Birtaniya XXX Corps kudu maso yammacin Syracuse. A watan Satumbar 1943, "Atherstone" ya shiga cikin Operation Avalanche, saukar jiragen sama na Anglo-American a Salerno a Italiya, yana daga cikin masu ba da agaji don samar da iska don saukar jiragen.