Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muzhizha ra1990, HMS "York" yakanga ichishumira parwendo rwemazuva ose muPersian Gulf sechikamu cheThe Armilla Patrol iyo yakanga yaitwa nemapoka ehondo dzeRoyal Navy kwemakore akawanda. Pana 2 August gore iroro, mauto aSaddam Hussein
vakapinda 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.