Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Voltaire" akaenda kuBombay muna June 1939 ndokusvika kuSouthampton pana August 28. Muna October Swan Hunter naWigham Richardson muWallsend vakatanga kuichinja kuva ngarava inotakura zvombo. Muna January 1940 akapiwa basa seHMS "Voltaire". Yakashanda muMediterranean kusvikira France yakundwa muna June 1940
, pashure pacho akava mufambisi wengarava muNorth Atlantic, uye akanyudzwa muna April 1941 ne "Thor".