Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahokia a "Gambia" ki te Royal Navy i Portsmouth i te 27 o Poutu-te-rangi 1946. I whakahoutia ia i te 1 o Hurae 1946 mo te 5th Cruiser Squadron me te Far East Fleet. I hoki ia ki te UK i te 6 o Hanuere 1948, a i te Hanuere 1950 i tukuna ia ki te 2nd Cruiser Squadron i te Mediterranean, i muri mai ka mahi tahi me te 1st Cruiser Squadron i te teihana kotahi tae noa ki te Oketopa 1954. I te tau 1953, i kawea e ia me tana tuahine he awhina ki te moutere Kariki o Zakynthos i te wa i pa ai te
He ruu Ionia. Ka kōrerohia e nga rangatira Kariki, "He tikanga roa ta matou Kariki ki te Royal Navy, a, i tutuki i a ia nga tumanakohanga katoa i roto i tana tikanga pono ki te awhina i nga wa katoa". I taua tau ano i uru ia ki te Arotake Fleet ki te whakanui i te Korona o Kuini Elizabeth II.