Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - La Bastiaise yaiva nhengo yeFrench Navy ("Marine nationale"). Ngarava yacho yakavakwa neBritish shipyard Smiths Dock muMiddlesbrough shipyard yavo, uye yakapedzwa muna June 1940, nguva pfupi pamberi peFrance Armistice neGermany
. Yakanyudzwa nemugodhi musi wa22 June 1940 panguva yokuedzwa kwegungwa.