Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 20 Julaị 1942, o weere iwu nke "Adrias", onye na-ebibi ihe nke Hunt, na Newcastle, United Kingdom. Ya na ya, ọ rụrụ ọrụ escort convoy na Oké Osimiri Mediterenian site na Jenụwarị 1943, nke ụgbọ mmiri ahụ mikpuru ụgbọ mmiri U-boat abụọ nke German. "Adrias" kpuchikwara
Sicily landings na July, na na 10 Septemba ọ nọchitere anya Gris na Allied flotilla nke nabatara ịtọgbọ nke ndị agha agha nke ndị agha Ịtali. Oge kachasị mma nke Toumbas bịara na 22 Ọktoba 1943, n'oge ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri nke Dodecanese Campaign, mgbe "Adrias" kụrụ ogbunigwe n'oké osimiri wee tufuo ihu ya niile. Mgbe emezigharịchara ya, Toumbas duuru ụgbọ mmiri ahụ laghachi Ijipt, bịarutere Alexandria na 6 Disemba. N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1944, o sonyere n'imechi ọgba aghara ndị agha mmiri nke ndị aka ekpe, na-eduga otu n'ime ndị na-abanye n'ụgbọ mmiri.