Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: HMS "Defender" bụ onye na-ebibi D-klas wuru maka Royal Navy na mmalite 1930s. E kenyere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na Mediterranean Fleet tupu e bugharịa ya na China Station na mbido 1935. E zigara ya n'Oké Osimiri Uhie na ngwụcha afọ 1935 n'oge nsogbu Abyssinia, tupu ọ laghachi n'ebe e kenyere ya ebe ọ nọrọ ruo etiti afọ 1939. A kpọghachiri "Defender" n'Òtù Ụgbọ Mmiri Mediterenian kpọmkwem tupu Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ amalite na September 1939. E kenyere ya ọrụ na West Africa maka ọrụ escort na 1940 tupu ọ laghachi na Mediterenian. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ sonyere n'agha nke Calabria, Cape Spartivento, na
Cape Matapan n'afọ na-esote na-enweghị mmebi. "Defender" nyere aka na mwepụ si Greece na Crete na Eprel-Mee 1941, tupu ọ malite na-agba ọsọ na-enye ọrụ na Tobruk, Libya na June. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu site na bọmbụ ndị Germany na otu n'ime ọrụ ndị ahụ ma bụrụ onye onye ya na ya na-arụkọ ọrụ na 11 July 1941.