Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rukunin farko na jirgi shida suna cikin gini a ɗakunan jirgi daban-daban lokacin da aka saya su. Swan Hunter da Wigham Richardson Ltd da Harland da Wolff sun gina biyu kowannensu, yayin da Cammell Laird da Co. da Lithgows kowannensu ya samar da ɗaya. Jirgin ruwan ya ga aiki a lokacin yakin, a cikin Arctic, Atlantic da Far East. An kai harin bam kuma ya nutse yayin da yake tafiya a matsayin wani ɓangare na Convoy PQ 17 a 1942, yayin da ya lalace a lokacin ayyukan Narvik
a cikin 1940. an yi masa ruwa a cikin Bahar Rum kuma ya karye a rabi, amma daga baya aka gyara, kusan an lalata shi ta hanyar kai hari na kamikaze a cikin Pacific, kuma ba da gangan ba a yi masa ruwa a Trincomalee a 1944. Wadanda jiragen ruwa da suka tsira daga yakin sun kasance a cikin sabis tare da Royal Fleet Auxiliary, tare da mafi yawan da aka zubar a farkon shekarun 1960. Mafi dadewa shine "Bishopdale", wanda duk da cewa an dakatar da shi a 1959, ba a rushe shi ba har sai 1970.