Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muzhizha ra1990, HMS "York" yakanga ichibatira parwendo rwenguva dzose muPersian Gulf sorutivi rweThe Armilla Patrol iyo yakanga yaitwa nenhevedzano yezvikepe zvehondo zveRoyal Navy kwemakore akawanda. Pana 2 August gore iroro, mauto aSaddam Hussein akapinda muKuwait
. Panzvimbo pokuenda kuFar East neAustralia kunoshanyira zviteshi zvengarava "zvinosimudza mureza", yakaramba iri mubasa rokufambisa muPersian Gulf kwemamwe mwedzi mitatu. Iyi nguva yaiitiswa kana iri mugungwa kazhinji pamwero wakagadzirira hondo, ichibatanidza anenge munhu wose ari muchikepe anoshanda Defence Watches (chaizvoizvo maawa matanhatu, maawa matanhatu kure) kutenderera nguva.