A cikin Valiant ya shiga cikin Yakin Norway a watan Afrilu da Mayu 1940 sannan kuma a cikin harin da aka kai wa Faransa a Mers-el-Kébir a watan Yulin 1940. An canja shi zuwa mai hallaka a watan Oktoba 1941 sannan kuma zuwa mai hallaka a watan Janairun 1942. A cikin dogon lokaci na sabis a cikin Ashanti ya shiga cikin Arctic Convoys, kuma bayan an ba shi mukamin laftanar a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1942, ya shiga cikin Operation Pedestal don sauƙaƙe Malta a watan Agusta na 1942 sannan kuma a cikin
Allied saukowa a Arewacin Afirka a watan Nuwamba 1942 kafin ya koma Arctic Convoys sake kuma a karshe ya shiga cikin Allied saukowa a Normandy a watan Yunin 1944. Ya yi aiki tare da bambanci da aka ambata a cikin sakonni sau uku kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta musamman a shekarar 1942 don ceton rayukan abokan aikin soja da yawa lokacin da torpedo ya buge jirgin.