Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da barkewar yakin duniya na biyu a Turai, SSRNVR ya kara yawan daukar ma'aikata na asali a cikin karfi, don karfafa kariya ta gida kamar yadda ake buƙatar albarkatun Royal Navy a Turai. An kira membobin SSRNVR zuwa aiki na aiki, kuma an kara yawan sojojin da mambobin Royal Navy Malay Section. Wannan ya zama tushen rundunar sojan ruwa a Malaya, wanda ake kira Malay Navy, wanda 'yan asalin Malay ke aiki. (Hakanan, an tattara Malays a cikin sabon rukunin Malays da aka kafa a 1936). Sojojin ruwan Malay suna da karfin mutane 400 wadanda suka sami horo a HMS Pelandok, cibiyar horar da Sojojin Ruwa na Royal a Malaya. An kara daukar ma'aikata kuma a shekarar 1941 a lokacin barkewar yakin a Asiya, Sojojin ruwan Malay suna da karfin mutane 1,450 maza. A duk lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Sojojin Ruwa na Malay sun yi aiki tare da Sojojin kawance a fagen ayyukan Indiya da Pacific. Lokacin da yakin ya ƙare tare da
Jafananci sun mika wuya a shekarar 1945, mutane 600 ne kawai na Sojojin Ruwa na Malay suka ba da rahoto don tattarawa. Matsalolin tattalin arziƙin bayan yaƙin ya ga rushewar Sojojin Ruwa na Malay a 1947.