Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Mei 1942 i whakawhitihia a "Atherstone" ki te 16th Destroyer Flotilla, e ārahi ana i ngā waka i te takutai ki te Rāwhiti o Peretana. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1943 i whakawhitihia te kaipuke ki te Moana-a-Kiwa, ka uru atu ki te 18th Destroyer Flotilla. I te Hōngongoi 1943, i uru atu a "Atherstone" ki te whakaekenga a te Allied o Sicily
, he waahanga o te ope moana e tautoko ana i te taunga o te British XXX Corps ki te tonga-hauauru o Syracuse. I te marama o Hepetema 1943, i uru a "Atherstone" ki te Operation Avalanche, nga taunga o te Anglo-American i Salerno i Itari, hei waahanga o te kaitiaki mo te whakarato i te whakamarumaru hau mo nga taunga.