Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - HMS "Jamaica", he o te Royal Navy, i huaina i muri i te motu o Jamaica, i te mea he koroni Karauna o Ingarangi i te wa i hangaia ia i roto i te mutunga o te 1930. Ko te kaipuke tereina marama i whakapau i te nuinga o tana mahi pakanga i runga i nga mahi o te waka Arctic, haunga te tohatoha ki te tonga mo nga taunga ki Awherika ki te Raki
i te marama o Noema o te tau 1942. I uru ia ki te Pakanga o te Moana Barents i te 1942 me te Pakanga o North Cape i te 1943. I whakahaeretia e "Jamaica" etahi kaikawe rererangi i te 1944 i a raatau e rere ana i nga whakaeke rererangi i whakaeke i te raki o Norway. I te mutunga o te tau, he nui te whakariterite i a ia kia rite ai ia mo te mahi ki te British Pacific Fleet, engari i mutu te pakanga i mua i tana taenga atu ki te Moananui a Kiwa.