Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokunge France yakapa musi wa22 June, Royal Navy yakarwisa ngarava dzacho paMers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, musi wa3 July kuti dzirege kuendeswa kuvaGermany. Kuti vadzivise kurwiswa kwezvikepe zvaiva pedyo muOran, vakafamba vakananga kuToulon uye "Tartu" yaiva imwe yengarava dzakasangana navo munzira ndokuvaperekedza kuToulon. VaVichy French vakavandudza FHM musi wa25 Gunyana mushure mekunge vataurirana mitemo inoganhurira zviitiko zvesimba nenhamba neItaly neGerman Armistice Commissions. "Tartu" akanga ari muchengeti kusvikira apiwa basa racho musi wa15 November. Mushure mekunge maAllies apinda muFrench Lebanon neSyria munaJune 1941, "Tartu", "Cassard" uye cruiser inorema yakatakura battalion yevarwi kubva kuAlgiers, French Algeria, kuenda kuMarseilles iyo yaifanirwa kusimbisa Levant pakati paJune 30 naJuly 1. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, "Tartu" yakatanga kugadziridza kwakatora kubva pana 4 July kusvika pana 4 August. Ngarava yakaendeswa kuAlgiers, French Algeria, mukuvamba kwaDecember kugadzirira kudzorera ngarava yehondo yakakuvadzwa kuToulon muna February 1942. Pashure pokunge vaAllies vapinda muFrench North Africa
musi wa 8 Mbudzi, maGerman akaedza kutora ngarava dzeFrance muToulon dzakasimba musi wa 27 Mbudzi, asi ngarava yakanyudzwa nevashandi vayo. "Tartu" yakagara pasi pechiteshi uye yakatora runyorwa; kuyedza kununura kwakasiiwa musi wa 11 Zvita 1943. Yakanga yaparadzwa nemabhomba panguva yeAllied air raids muna Kurume-Kubvumbi 1944 munguva yehondo uye yakaparadzwa muna 1956.