Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa20 Chikunguru 1942, akatora kutungamira kwe "Adrias", muparadzi weHunt-class, kuNewcastle, United Kingdom. Naiye, iye akazvipira konvoi escort mabasa muGungwa reMediterranean kubva January 1943, panguva iyo chikepe yakanyura maviri German U-zvikepe. "Adrias" yakafukidzawo
Sicily landings muna Chikunguru, uye musi waGunyana 10 iye akamiririra Greece muAllied flotilla iyo yakagamuchira kuzvipira kwechikepe chehondo cheItaly. Nguva yakanakisisa yaToumbas yakauya musi wa22 October 1943, panguva yemabasa echikepe eDodecanese Campaign, apo "Adrias" yakarova gomba regungwa ndokurasa chimiro chake chose. Pashure pokugadziriswa kwenguva pfupi, Toumbas akatungamirira ngarava kudzokera kuEgipita, achisvika kuAlexandria musi wa6 December. Muna April 1944, akabatanidzwa mukudzvinyirirwa kwechisimba kwevashandi vekuruboshwe Navy, vachitungamira imwe yezvikwata zvekupinda.