Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Manchester Merchant", wanda aka kammala a watan Mayu na 1940, da sauri ya shiga cikin "Operation" Kifi ", yana jigilar ajiyar zinaren Burtaniya zuwa Kanada, yana yin tafiye-tafiye biyu tare da zinare da aka kimanta a jimlar £ 4.5 miliyan. A ƙarshen 1942 an tura shi zuwa Operation "Torch"
a matsayin jirgin jigilar kayayyaki zuwa Arewacin Afirka. A ranar 25 ga Fabrairun 1943, "U 628" ya yi masa ruwa a yayin da yake cikin wani jirgin ruwa na Atlantic; 36 daga cikin ma'aikatan 65 ciki har da masu bindigogi sun rasa, amma Kyaftin Struss ya sake tsira, kuma ya sami OBE. "Manchester Division" (1918) da ke zuwa Table Bay an umurce shi da ya taimaka wa "Dunedin Star" na Blue Star Line wanda ya sauka a bakin tekun Namibia. "Rukunin" ya tsaya a cikin tashin hankali na tsawon kwanaki uku, yana ceton fasinjoji 40 da ma'aikata, kafin ya kai su Cape Town. "Manchester Citizen" (1925) wani jirgin ruwa na U-boat ya nutsar da shi, yayin da yake tafiya zuwa Legas a ranar 9 ga Yuli, 1943 bayan ya tsira daga jigilar kayayyaki da yawa don Sojoji na Takwas. Jirgin ruwa na ƙarshe da aka "ɓata", ko da yake da gangan, shi ne "Manchester Spinner" (1918), wanda ya kai kayan soja zuwa Indiya a 1942. A ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1944, jim kadan bayan D-Day, tare da ma'aikatan sa kai, ta jagoranci layin Mulberry Harbour blockships kuma an nutsar da shi daga Juno Beach Normandy don yin aiki a matsayin mai fashewa, yayin da aka kara yawan sojoji da kuma shagunan da aka sauka a kan rairayin bakin teku. Sa'an nan kuma an yi amfani da makamai masu linzami tare da makamai masu linzami.