Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakahaeretia te "Dalrymple" mō te mahi i te 10 o Hui-tanguru 1948 ā, i muri i ngā whakamātautau moana, ka rere ki te Moana-a-Kiwa. I noho ia i te nuinga o tana mahi i te Persian Gulf, i te nuinga o te wa me te kaipuke tuahine, me te kawe i a maatau rangahau whanui o te Grand Harbour i Valletta, te Malta Channel me te Strait o Sicily. I noho ia i etahi wa i te Moana Inia, i te nuinga o te wa e mahi ana a tawhio noa Zanzibar. I te wā o "Operation Musketeer" (te whakaekenga o Suez
) i te mutunga o te tau 1956, i tukuna ia ki Port Said, i te whakakore i nga aukati mai i te Suez Canal.