Kammala wannan jumla: "Dalrymple" an umurce shi don aiki a ranar 10 ga Fabrairun 1948 kuma bayan gwajin teku, ya tashi zuwa Bahar Rum. Ta shafe yawancin aikinta a cikin Tekun Fasha, sau da yawa tare da 'yar'uwar' yar'uwa, da kuma ɗaukar bincikenmu mai zurfi na Grand Harbour a Valletta, da Malta Channel da kuma Strait of Sicily. Ta kuma kwashe lokaci a cikin Tekun Indiya, galibi tana aiki a kusa da Zanzibar. A lokacin "Operation Musketeer" (da
An tura shi zuwa Port Said, yana share cikas daga Suez Canal.