Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Hondo yeNyika II yakatanga muna September 1939 Lamport naHolt vaiva nezvikepe zvengarava gumi nezvitanhatu nezvikepe zvishanu zvengarava zvine tonnage yakabatanidzwa ye Nenguva,
Japan yakapa muna 1945 kambani yakanga yarasikirwa namapoka ayo 14 engarava, kubatanidza ngarava dzayo mbiri dzokupedzisira dzeV-class.