Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Gambia" yakadzoserwa kuRoyal Navy paPortsmouth musi wa27 March 1946. Akapfuurira refit uye akanga recommissioned musi 1 July 1946 nokuda 5th Cruiser Squadron pamwe Far East Fleet. Akadzokera kuUK musi wa6 Ndira 1948, uye muna Ndira 1950 akapiwa ku2nd Cruiser Squadron muMediterranean, akazoshanda ne1st Cruiser Squadron panzvimbo imwechete kusvika muna Gumiguru 1954. Muna 1953, iye nehanzvadzi yake vakaunza betsero kuchitsuwa cheGreece cheZakynthos apo chakarohwa ne
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kweIonia. Vakuru vakuru vechiGiriki vaizotaura gare gare kuti, "isu vaGiriki tine tsika yakagara kwenguva refu neRoyal Navy uye yakararama maererano nezvose zvaitarisirwa mutsika yayo isingakanganisi yokuva wokutanga kubetsera nguva dzose". Mugore rimwe chetero akatora chikamu mu Fleet Review kupemberera Coronation yeMambokadzi Elizabeth II.