Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - "Voltaire" gara Bombay n'ọnwa Juun afọ 1939 ma rute Southampton n'abalị iri abụọ na asatọ nke ọnwa Ọgọst. N'ọnwa Ọktoba, Swan Hunter na Wigham Richardson na Wallsend bidoro ịgbanwe ya ka ọ bụrụ ụgbọ mmiri na-azụ ahịa. N'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1940, e nyere ya ọrụ dịka HMS "Voltaire". O jere ozi n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian ruo mgbe France meriri na June 1940
, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ ghọrọ onye na-eso ndị njem na North Atlantic, ma jiri "Thor" mee ka ọ daa n'April 1941.