Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na May 1942 e zigara "Atherstone" na 16th Destroyer Flotilla, na-eso ụgbọ mmiri ndị na-aga n'ụsọ oké osimiri ọwụwa anyanwụ Britain. Na Machị 1943, a kpọfere ụgbọ ahụ na Mediterenian, na-esonye na 18th Destroyer Flotilla. Na July 1943, "Atherstone" sonyere na
Allied mbuso agha nke Sicily, na-akpụ akụkụ nke ndị agha mmiri na-akwado ọdịda nke British XXX Corps n'ebe ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ nke Syracuse. Na Septemba 1943, "Atherstone" sonyere na Operation Avalanche, ndị Anglo-American na-agbadata na Salerno na Italy, na-abụ akụkụ nke escort maka inye mkpuchi ikuku maka ọdịda.