Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei whārangi - I rere a "Voltaire" ki Bombay i te marama o Hune 1939 a, i eke ki Southampton i te 28 o Akuhata. I te Oketopa, ka timata a Swan Hunter me Wigham Richardson i Wallsend ki te huri i a ia hei kaipuke hokohoko. I te marama o Hanuere 1940, i whakahaua ia hei HMS "Voltaire". I mahi ia i te Moana-a-Kiwa tae noa ki te hekenga o Wīwī i Hune 1940
, i muri mai ka noho ia hei kaitiaki waka i te Raki o te Moana-a-Kiwa, a i whakangaromia ia i te Paenga-whāwhā 1941 e te "Thor".