Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 24 Ọgọstụ 1939, a kpọbatara ya n'ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ma gbanwee ya ka ọ bụrụ Armed Merchant Cruiser. N'ịbụ nke nwere egbe ndị agha nke 8 x 6-inch (152mm) na 2 x 3-inch (76mm), ọ ghọrọ HMS "Ascania" na nọmba pennant F68. Ọ so ndị Halifax Escort Force na ndị North Atlantic Escort Force na ọrụ nchekwa. Site na Nọvemba 1941 ruo Septemba 1942 e zigara ya n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri New Zealand. N'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1942, e weghachiri ya na UK ma were ya n'ọrụ dị ka ụgbọ mmiri ndị agha site na Ministry of War Transport. N'afọ na-eso ya, "Ascania" gbanwere n'ime ndị agha na-agba ụgbọ mmiri ma sonye na mwakpo nke Sicily na 1943, na Anzio Landings na
ụgbọ mmiri ndị ahụ kwụsịrị n'ebe ndịda France n'afọ 1944.