Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Vauquelin" yakaendeswa kuAlgiers, Algeria yeFrance, mukuvamba kwaDecember kuti igadzirire kuperekedza ngarava yehondo yakakuvadzwa kudzokera kuToulon muna February 1942. Mushure mokunge
MaAllies akapinda muFrench North Africa musi wa 8 Mbudzi, maGerman akaedza kutora ngarava dzeFrance muToulon dzisina kukanganiswa musi wa 27 Mbudzi, asi ngarava yacho yakanyudzwa nevashandi vayo. Akagara pasi pechiteshi chengarava ndokutora ndaza. Kuedza kuduku kwakaitwa kumununura asati arohwa nebhomba. Kuputsika kwaro kwakaparadzwa munzvimbo muna 1951.