Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te otinga o tana whakahou, "Duke of York" i whakahoutia tana tuunga hei rangatira mai i te 14 o Mei 1943 i te mea e tatari ana ki te wehenga o "King George V" me "Howe" mo te Operation Husky, te whakaekenga a Allied o Sicily. Operation Gearbox i roto i te Pipiri 1943 ngā he kopikopiko e "Duke o York" me, i roto i te kamupene ki te US battleships me, ki te whakarato i te taupoki tawhiti mō ngā mahi iti i roto i Spitsbergen me te Kola Inlet, i te marama i muri mai i te mahi diversionary, ingoa waehere "Camera" me "Kawana o Norway", i kawea i roto i te tikanga ki te kukume i te aro o te Tiamana atu i
Te mahinga Husky. I te 4 o Oketopa, i hipoki a "Duke of York" me "Anson" i te kaha o nga kaipuke parekura me nga kaipuke whakangaromanga o te Allied me te kaikawe Amerika i raro i te Operation Leader, i whakaekea te kaipuke Tiamana mai i Norway. I puta te whakaeke i te whakangaromanga o nga kaipuke kaihokohoko Tiamana e wha me te whara ki etahi atu e whitu, i akiaki i te nuinga o ratou ki te noho whenua.