Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1942, ya dauki umurnin "Adrias", mai hallaka na Hunt, a Newcastle, United Kingdom. Tare da ita, ya ɗauki aikin rakiyar jirgi a cikin Bahar Rum daga Janairu 1943, lokacin da jirgin ya nutsar da jiragen ruwa biyu na Jamus. "Adrias" kuma ya rufe
Sicily saukowa a watan Yuli, kuma a ranar 10 ga Satumba ta wakilci Girka a cikin jirgin ruwan Allied wanda ya yarda da mika wuya na jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Italiya. Toumbas ta mafi kyawun sa'a ya zo a ranar 22 ga Oktoba, 1943, a lokacin ayyukan sojan ruwa na Kamfen na Dodecanese, lokacin da "Adrias" ya buga wani ma'adinai na teku kuma ya rasa dukan baka. Bayan gyare-gyare na wucin gadi, Toumbas ya jagoranci jirgin zuwa Masar, ya isa Alexandria a ranar 6 ga Disamba. A watan Afrilu na 1944, ya shiga cikin tashin hankali na tashin hankali na hagu na Navy, yana jagorantar daya daga cikin masu shiga jirgin.