Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "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 agaji zuwa tsibirin Zakynthos na Girka lokacin da aka buga shi da
Girgizar ƙasa ta Ionian. 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.