Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Mgbe a nwesịrị mkpagbu nke abụọ na Caribbean na ọzụzụ n'akụkụ ụsọ oké osimiri ọwụwa anyanwụ, "Hambleton" sooro ndị njem gaa Oran n'April 1944, wee malite ịkwadebe maka ọrụ ya na mwakpo Normandy. Na-arụ ọrụ na Western Mediterranean na asaa ọzọ destroyers na British scout ụgbọ elu, ọ mikpuru na 17 May mgbe a kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ 4-ụbọchị ịchụso nke German marauder. Site n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian, "Hambleton" banyere ụgbọ mmiri gaa Plymouth, England, bụ́ ebe ha ga-anọ mee mwakpo ahụ dị ịrịba ama. Ọ na-eso nnukwu convoy nke LSTs na ebe ndị a na-ebubata na June 7, D-Day plus 1, ma nọrọ na Omaha Beach maka bọmbụ dị oke mkpa na ọrụ nyocha. N'isi ụtụtụ nke 9 June, radar nke "Hambleton" jidere ọtụtụ kọntaktị, n'oge na-adịghị anya kpebisiri ike ịbụ ụgbọ mmiri E-Nazi. Ka egbe ya na-agba ọkụ, "Hambleton" malitere ịchụ onye iro ahụ. N'ime awa anọ ha ji lụọ ọgụ, o mere ka otu n'ime ụgbọ mmiri ise ndị Germany kpuo ma mebie nke ọzọ nke ukwuu. Mgbe ọ lọghachisịrị Portland, England, maka inweta ihe oriri, "Hambleton" nọzi n'ahịrị iji lụọ Agha Bọmbụ nke Cherbourg
25 nke June.