Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge maAllies apinda muFrench North Africa
musi wa 8 Mbudzi, French West Africa nehondo yayo, kusanganisira "Le Terrible" nehanzvadzi yake "Le Fantasque", vakabatana neAllies musi wa 24 Mbudzi. Hanzvadzi dzacho dzakaenda kuCasablanca, French Morocco, uko zvombo zvavo zvakareruka zvinorwisa ndege zvakabviswa, musi wa21 Ndira 1943 uye ndokuzoenda kuCharlestown Navy Yard muBoston kuti dzivandudzwe. Kusvika musi wa 21 Kukadzi, "Le Terrible" yakagara kusvika 22 Chivabvu uye yaisanganisira kuwedzera rezenisi-yakavakwa Alpha 128 ASDIC system, kuisirwa kweSA yekutanga kunyevera uye SF pamusoro pekutsvaga radars, kubviswa kweake torpedo machubhu uye kushandurwa kwemamwe matangi emvura ekudyisa mafuta kuti awedzere nzvimbo yake. Nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo dzeAA dzaisanganisira pfuti dzeBofors dzinosvika masere dziri mumakomo mana dzakapfurwa nepamusoro pezvombo zve138.6 mm, uye zvombo zviviri zvakapetwa mberi kwechikepe; pfuti sere dzeOerlikon dzakawedzerwawo mumakomo mamwe chete, mana pamativi ebhiriji uye pfuti dzakasara pamapuratifomu ari kumashure. Kuchinja uku kwakawedzera kumhanya kwechikepe chacho. Pashure pokugadziridza, iye reclassified somunhu chiedza cruiser uye 10th Scout Division akanga redesignated sezvo 10th Light Cruiser Division (). Pasinei nebasa rokuvandudza muBoston, turbines dzengarava dzacho dzaiwanzokundikana kana dzikashandiswa zvikuru uye dzaida kugadziridzwa kakawanda. Kuenzanisa, vaFrench vakagamuchira mutemo wekuchengeta maviri emidziyo mitatu mu10th Light Cruiser Division (LCD) inoshanda panguva ipi neipi apo ngarava yechitatu yakanga ichigadziriswa.