Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, "Lancastria" yaiva muBahamas. Akarayirwa kufamba nechikepe kubva kuNassau kuenda kuNew York kunogadziriswa sezvo akanga atorwa sechikepe chehondo, achiva HMT "Lancastria". Zvinhu zvisingakoshi zvakabviswa, akadhirowewazve muvara rakasvibira rengarava yehondo, maburi emadziro akaitwa matema, uye pfuti ye4-inch yakaiswa. Yakatanga kushandiswa kutakura vanhu nezvinhu pakati peCanada neUnited Kingdom. Muna April 1940, akanga ari mumwe wevatungamiri makumi maviri muOperation Alphabet
, kubviswa kwemauto kubva kuNorway, uye yakarwiswa parwendo rwekudzoka kunyangwe iye akapukunyuka kukuvara. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, "Lancastria" yakatakura mauto kuti asimbise kupinda kweIceland. Achidzokera kuGlasgow, kaputeni akakumbira kuti mafuta akanga asara mumatangi ake abviswe, asi pakanga pasina nguva yakakwana asati arayirwa kuenda kuLiverpool kunogadziridzwa. Nhengo dzechikwata dzaigona kudzingwa basa kana kuti kunzi dziende.