Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, kambani yeLamport naHolt yaiva nengarava dzezvikepe 16 uye shanu dzaiva nemotokari, dzaisvika mamiriyoni maviri nemazana mashanu emadhora. Pakazosvika nguva iyo Japan yakapira
muna 1945 kambani yakanga yarasikirwa nengarava dzayo 14, kubatanidza maviri ayo okupedzisira eV-class liners.