Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Voltaire" gara Bombay na June 1939 ma banye na Southampton na August 28. 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 na Mediterenian ruo
France kwetara na June 1940, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ ghọrọ onye na-eso ndị njem na North Atlantic, ma "Thor" merụrụ ya n'April 1941.