Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava dzasara dzakaramba dziri pasi pokutonga kweVichy France. "Élan" ina, "Commandant Delage", "La Boudeuse" uye "La Gracieuse" <unk> dzakanga dzakavakirwa muFrench Morocco. "Élan" akaiswa mujeri muTurkey kubva muna June 1941 kusvikira asunungurwa muna December 1944 kuti ashande neFNFL. Vamwe vacho vakabatwa neAllies pashure pokupinda muNorth Africa
muna November 1942, uye vakaendeswa kuFNFL.