Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, "Vendetta" nedzimwe ngarava ina dzeRAN dzakatumirwa kuMediterranean muna October 1939, uko vakakurumidza kuwana zita rokuti 'Scrap Iron Flotilla' kubva kuvaparidzi veGermany. Muna May 1940, muparadzi wacho akasvika kuMalta kuti agadziridzwe. Musi waAugust 18, "Vendetta" yakabatanidzwa mukuputika kweBardia. Kubvira musi wa11 October kusvika musi wa9 November, ngarava yacho yakasvika kuMalta nemhaka yezvinetso zvemainjini. Pana 3 January 1941, "Vendetta" yakabatanidzwa mukuputika kwechipiri kweguta reLibya reBardia, uye zvichitevera
kubatwa kwaro neAllies, rakapiwazve basa rokurinda mhenderekedzo yegungwa reLibya.