Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Fleuret na ɗaya daga cikin dozin da aka gina don (Faransa Navy) a ƙarshen 1930s. An kammala jirgin ne a lokacin yakin Faransa a tsakiyar 1940 kuma aikinta na farko shi ne ya taimaka ya jagoranci wani jirgin ruwa zuwa Dakar, Faransa ta Yammacin Afirka, kawai kwanaki kafin Faransa ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar armistice
tare da Jamusawa. Bayan harin Birtaniya a kan Dakar a watan Satumba, ta kasance daya daga cikin masu hallaka hudu da aka umurce su da su kai hari ga jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya, ko da yake akwai wani duel da ba shi da wata matsala tare da wani jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya. "Fleuret" ya taimaka wajen rakiyar daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa da Birtaniya suka lalace a lokacin da suka kai hari a watan Yuli a Mers-el-Kébir, Faransanci Algeria, zuwa Faransa a watan Nuwamba kuma an rage shi zuwa ajiya.