Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te HMS "Jamaica", he kaipuke o te Royal Navy, i tapaina i muri i te moutere o Jamaica, he koroni Karauna o Ingarangi i te wa i hangaia ai ia i nga tau 1930. Ko te kaipuke tereina marama i whakapau i te nuinga o tana mahi pakanga katoa i runga i nga kawenga o te waka Arctic, haunga mo te tohatoha ki te tonga mo te
ngā taunga ki Awherika ki te Raki i Whiringa-a-rangi 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.