Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: HMS "Forester" yakanga iri imwe yepfumbamwe F-class destroyers yakavakwa kuRoyal Navy munguva yekutanga ye1930. Kunyange zvazvo yakapiwa Home Fleet paakapedza, ngarava yakanga yakabatanidzwa kuMediterranean Fleet muna 1935-1936 panguva yeAbyssinia Crisis. Mavhiki mashomanana pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, yakabetsera kunyudza ngarava yeGermany yepasi pegungwa uye ipapo yakabatanidzwa mu
Hondo yechipiri yeNarvik panguva yeNorway Campaign ya1940. "Forester" akatumirwa kuGibraltar pakati pa1940 uye akaumba chikamu cheForce H uko kwaakapinda mukurwiswa kweVichy French ngarava paMers-el-Kébir uye Hondo yeDakar pakati pekuperekedza vatakuri vendege veForce H sezvavanobhururuka ndege kuenda kuMalta uye kufukidza makondirakiti anopazve uye kusimbisa chitsuwa kusvika pakupera kwa1941. Munguva iyi ngarava yakabatsira kunyudza imwe ngarava yeGermany yepasi pegungwa.