Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Mei 1942 i whakawhitihia a "Atherstone" ki te 16th Destroyer Flotilla, e whai ana i nga waka i te taha rawhiti o Ingarangi. 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 whai wāhi a "Atherstone" ki te
Ko te whakaekenga a nga Tauiwi o Sicily, hei 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.