Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i tukuna a "Protée" ki te 3rd Submarine Division, e noho ana i Toulon, i te taha o ona tuahine, me. I te timatanga o Hui-tanguru 1940 i whakawhitihia te 3rd Submarine Division ki Casablanca ki te tirotiro i nga Moutere o Canary, i reira he tokorua o nga kaipuke kaipuke Tiamana. Katahi ka tukuna te wehenga o te moana ki te whare tapere o te Moana-a-Kiwa i te Paenga-whawha 12, i Bizerte i te tuatahi, kaore i te "Fresnel", i Beirut, i raro i te mana o te rangatira rangatira o Ingarangi i Alexandria. I whai wāhi a "Protée" ki ētahi paturuhi i te Dodecanese tae noa ki te hainatanga o te rangimarie i waenganui i a Wīwī me Tiamana
i te 22 o Pipiri 1940. I te 25 o Pipiri, te ra i mana ai te patu, i kore te rangatira o "Protée" i aro ki te whakahau kia hoki ki Beirut, ka rere ki Alexandria, ka uru ki te Force X. I whiua te rangatira mo tenei kaupapa.