Kammala wannan jumla: "Hereward" an tura shi zuwa Freetown don farautar 'yan fashin kasuwanci na Jamus a Kudancin Atlantic tare da Force K a watan Oktoba. Jirgin da 'yan uwanta,' yan uwanta,, da, sun haɗu da jirgin saman soja, mai ɗaukar jirgin sama, da kuma jirgin ruwa mai sauƙi a ranar 17 ga Disamba. Sun yi amfani da man fetur a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, kafin su ci gaba zuwa bakin kogin River Plate a yayin da aka lalata jirgin ruwan yaki na Jamus ya yi ƙoƙarin tserewa daga Montevideo, Uruguay, inda ta sami mafaka bayan ta rasa yakin River Plate. "Hereward" ya kama jirgin ruwan Jamus mai suna "Uhenfels" a ranar 5 ga Nuwamba. Jirgin ya kasance a Trinidad daga 20 ga Nuwamba zuwa 23 ga Janairu 1940 kuma ya kewaye jirgin ruwan kasuwanci na Jamus "Arauca" a Port Everglades, Florida, yayin da yake zaune a can. Ta raka jirgin yaƙi zuwa Halifax, amma ya sha wahala lalacewar yanayi a hanya wanda ya buƙaci makonni uku don gyara. "Hereward" sa'an nan kuma ya jagoranci jirgin ruwa mai sauƙi zuwa Birtaniya kamar yadda wannan ya ɗauki toka na John Buchan, Gwamna Janar na Kanada, gida. Ta buƙaci ƙarin gyare-gyare a Portsmouth lokacin da ta isa kuma ta rasa
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Narvik a watan Afrilu.