Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 20 Chikunguru 1942, akafungidzira kutungamira kwe "Adrias", muparadzi-wechikoro cheHunt, kuNewcastle, United Kingdom. Naiye, iye akazvipira konvoi escort mabasa muGungwa reMediterranean kubva January 1943, panguva iyo chikepe yakanyura maviri German U-zvikepe. "Adrias" akafukidzawo kumhara kweSicily
muna Chikunguru, uye musi waGunyana 10 akamiririra Greece muAllied flotilla iyo yakagamuchira kuzvipira kwechikepe chehondo cheItaly Navy. 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.