Buuxi weedhan soo socota: 20-kii Luulyo 1942, wuxuu la wareegay amarka "Adrias", oo ah burburiyaha fasalka Hunt, ee Newcastle, Boqortooyada Ingiriiska. Iyada oo ay la socoto, wuxuu qabtay waajibaadka gaadiidka gaadiidka ee Badda Mediterranean laga bilaabo Janaayo 1943, oo markabku uu ku dhuftay laba doomood oo Jarmal ah. "Adrias" wuxuu sidoo kale daboolay
Bishii Luulyo waxay soo degtay Sicily, bishii Sebtember 10 waxay matalaysay Giriigga oo ku jirtay maraakiibtii Allied-ka ee aqbashay ka bixitaanka maraakiibta dagaalka ee Talyaaniga. Saacadii ugu fiicnayd ee Toumbas waxay timid 22kii Oktoobar 1943, intii lagu jiray howlgallada badda ee Ololaha Dodecanese, markii "Adrias" ay ku dhacday miino badda ah oo ay lumisay dhinaca hore oo dhan. Ka dib dayactir ku meel gaar ah, Toumbas wuxuu markabka dib ugu celiyey Masar, isagoo yimid Alexandria 6dii Diseembar. Bishii Abriil 1944, wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay xakameynta rabshadaha ee kacdoonka ciidamada badda ee bidix, isagoo hogaaminaya mid ka mid ah kooxaha ka soo degaya.