Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kammala shi 'yan kwanaki kafin Jamus ta ci nasara a yakin Faransa a watan Yuni, "Richelieu" ya gudu zuwa Dakar a Afirka ta Yammacin Faransa don kiyaye shi a karkashin ikon Faransa. A can, ta zo ne a kan hare-haren Birtaniya da aka yi niyya don tilasta wa jirgin ya shiga cikin Sojojin Ruwa na Faransa ko kuma ya nutsar da shi; waɗannan sun haɗa da lokacin Operation Catapult a watan Yuli 1940 da yakin Dakar a watan Satumba. An lalata shi a hare-haren biyu, an gyara jirgin a hankali kafin a mika shi ga ikon Faransa bayan mamayewar Arewacin Afirka
a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1942. Bayan da aka aika zuwa Amurka don gyarawa da kuma sabuntawa, jirgin ya yi aiki tare da Birtaniya Home Fleet a farkon 1944 kafin a tura shi zuwa ga Gabas ta Gabas don ayyukan da aka yi wa Jafananci a cikin Tekun Indiya. Wadannan sun hada da hare-haren bama-bamai da dama kuma a watan Mayu na 1945 ta kasance a lokacin yakin Malacca Strait, ko da yake ta yi nisa sosai don shiga cikin jiragen ruwa na Japan kafin a nutsar da su.