Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Usiku hwa13/14 Chikumi iye akapinda muOperation "Vado", kubhomba kweGenoa neVado, Italy neTatu Squadron. Boka reVado raisanganisira ngarava dzehondo "Foch" uye "Algérie" uye boka reGenoa raisanganisira ngarava dzehondo "Dupleix" uye "Colbert". Kurwisa kwacho kunokonzera kukuvadza kuduku sezvo Group Genoa yakapfura pachinangwa chisina kururama uye hafu yemagomba eGroup Vado akawira mugungwa. Chikwata chakadzokera kuToulon masikati musi wa14 Chikumi. "Foch" akatambura kukanganiswa kwokutungamirira asi akadzoka akachengeteka. Musi wa25 June Chibvumirano cheFrance neGermany Chokupedza Hondo
yakatanga kushanda uye La Marine National yakarega mabasa ose okurwisa. Musi waChikunguru 3 pakurwiswa kwakaipisisa kweBritain paMers-el-Kébir, ngarava yehondo yakanga yapukunyuka isina kukuvara, Fourth Cruiser Division yakanga yafamba kubva kuAlgiers kuenda kuOran. Chechina chakakundikana kubatanidza ne"Strasbourg" naizvozvo vakaenda kuToulon. "Algérie", "Foch" uye "Colbert" vane gumi nevaviri vanopikisa-torpilleurs vakafamba kubva kuToulon kunosangana nemauto eFrance achifamba kuchamhembe kuenda kuFrance. Vakabatana neChina mangwanani-ngwanani aJuly 4 ndokudzokera kuToulon. "Strasbourg" yakasvika gare gare manheru iwayo. Muna August 1940 "Colbert" yakaitwazve kuti ivandudze zvombo zvayo zvakareruka zvinorwisa ndege. Zvombo zvina zvina zve 13.2 mm zvakapedzisira zvaiswa mukati mekugadziriswa uku. Apo rakapedzwa rakaiswa muchengeti nokuraramisa navashandi vakaderedzwa. Pana 1 January 1941 iye akashanda kuti atsive "Dupleix" muForces de haute mer.