Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, "Sturgeon" yakafambisa ngarava muNorth Sea. Musi wa6 September, yakabhombwa nendege dzeBritain. Parwendo rwayo rwechipiri, yakabhomba zvombo zvitatu zve torpedo pachikepe chepasi pevhu chisingazivikanwi, icho chaiva chikepe chehanzvadzi, asi zvombo zve torpedo zvakarova. Parwendo rwake rwechitatu, akarasikirwa neU-boat yeGermany uye akakuvadzwa pashure pokurova pasi, achida kugadziriswa. Musi waNovember 20, yakanyudza chikepe cheGermany chakanga chiine zvombo zvine torpedo. Kunyura kwacho ndiko kwakatanga kubudirira kurwiswa neigwa reBritain muhondo yacho, uye kwakawedzera ushingi hwevashandi veBritish. Munguva yokuronda kwake kwakatevera muNorth Sea, "Sturgeon" akaona ndokunonyudza ngarava dzinoverengeka, kubatanidza ngarava dzokutakura mauto dzeGermany "Pionier" uye vatengesi veDenmark SS "Sigrun" uye SS "Delfinus". Pashure pacho, "Sturgeon" akafamba muGulf of Biscay, akaita sechiedza munguva yeOperation Torch, ipapo, pashure pokukuvadzwa zvakare neAllied ndege, akaendesa Arctic Convoys PQ 15 uye PQ 17. "Sturgeon" yakaendeswa ku8th Submarine Flotilla, iyo yaishanda paGungwa reMediterranean, muna October 1942 kutsigira
Mauto eAllies akadzika muNorth Africa. Muna May 1943, akapiwa kuRoyal Netherlands Navy seHNLMS "Zeehond". "Zeehond" yakadzoserwa kuRoyal Navy pashure pehondo uye yakatengeswa nokuda kwechigamba muna 1946. Yaiva imwe yezvikepe zvina zvepasi pemvura izvo zvakaumba boka rokutanga reS class, uye ndiyo bedzi yaikwanisa kupukunyuka hondo.