Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Valiant ya shiga cikin Yakin Norway a watan Afrilu da Mayu 1940 sannan kuma a cikin harin da aka kai wa Faransa a Mers-el-Kébir a watan Yulin 1940. An canja shi zuwa fashewa a watan Oktoba 1941 sannan kuma zuwa fashewa a watan Janairun 1942. A tsawon lokacin da yake aiki a cikin Ashanti ya shiga cikin Arctic Convoys, kuma bayan an ba shi mukamin laftana a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1942, ya shiga cikin Operation Pedestal don sauƙaƙe Malta a watan Agusta na 1942 sannan kuma ya sauka a Arewacin Afirka.
a watan Nuwambar 1942 kafin ya sake komawa Arctic Convoys kuma a karshe ya shiga cikin haɗin gwiwa a Normandy a watan Yunin 1944. Ya yi aiki tare da bambanci da aka ambata a cikin sakonni sau uku kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta musamman a shekarar 1942 don ceton rayukan abokan aikin soja da yawa lokacin da torpedo ya buge jirgin.