Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Gunnel's first war patrol (19 October <unk> 7 December 1942) kpuchiri njem site na United States gaa United Kingdom, n'oge ọ na-esonye na
Ọrụ "Torch", mwakpo ndị Allied mere n'Ebe Ugwu Africa. Otu n'ime ụgbọ mmiri isii e kenyere Admiral Henry K. Hewitt's Western Naval Task Force, "Gunnel" mere nchọpụta na Fedhala na 6 Nọvemba 1942, ụbọchị abụọ tupu mbuso agha ahụ, na ụbọchị D (8 Nọvemba) mere akara ngosi infrared iji duzie ụgbọ mmiri na-abịaru nso. Mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ ya nke ọma, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ gawara Rosneath, Scotland, na Disemba 7 iji kwụsị ọrụ nche mbụ ya. "N'ụzọ" n'ụlọ, ihe ndị na-akwọ ụgbọ mmiri ya HOR dara, na-amanye ya imecha nke ikpeazụ na mmanụ dizel ya, na-eduga na nnukwu nrụzigharị na Portsmouth Naval Shipyard na Kittery, Maine.