Kammala jumla mai zuwa: HMS "Forester" na ɗaya daga cikin masu hallaka F-class tara da aka gina don Royal Navy a farkon shekarun 1930. Ko da yake an sanya shi zuwa Gidan Gida a lokacin da aka kammala shi, an haɗa jirgin zuwa Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum a 1935-1936 a lokacin rikicin Abyssinia. Bayan 'yan makonni bayan fara yakin duniya na biyu a watan Satumbar 1939, ta taimaka wajen nutse jirgin ruwan Jamus guda daya sannan kuma ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Narvik na biyu a lokacin yakin Norway na 1940. An aika da "Forester" zuwa Gibraltar a tsakiyar 1940 kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na Force H inda ya shiga cikin harin da aka kai wa jiragen ruwa na Vichy Faransa a Mers-el-Kébir da kuma yakin Dakar tsakanin rakiyar masu jigilar jiragen sama na Force H yayin da suka tashi daga jirgin sama zuwa Malta da kuma rufe jiragen ruwa da ke sake dawowa da kuma karfafa tsibirin har zuwa karshen 1941. A wannan lokacin jirgin ya taimaka ya nutsar da wani jirgin ruwa na Jamus.