Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Mayu na 1942 "Atherstone" an canja shi zuwa 16th Destroyer Flotilla, yana rakiyar jiragen ruwa a gabar gabashin Birtaniya. A watan Maris na 1943 an canja jirgin zuwa Bahar Rum, ya shiga cikin 18th Destroyer Flotilla. A watan Yulin 1943, "Atherstone" ya shiga cikin mamayewar Allied na Sicily
, wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na rundunar sojan ruwa da ke tallafawa saukowar sojojin Birtaniya XXX a kudu maso yammacin Syracuse. A watan Satumbar 1943, "Atherstone" ya shiga cikin Operation Avalanche, saukar jiragen sama na Anglo-American a Salerno a Italiya, yana daga cikin masu ba da agaji don samar da iska don saukar jiragen.