Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jirgin ruwan Faransa "Épée" na ɗaya daga cikin dozin da aka gina don Sojojin Ruwa na Faransa a ƙarshen 1930s. An kammala jirgin ne a lokacin yakin Faransa a tsakiyar 1940 kuma aikinsa na farko shi ne ya taimaka ya jagoranci wani jirgin ruwa mai banƙyama zuwa Faransa Morocco 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. "Épée" 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, Faransa Algeria, zuwa Faransa a watan Nuwamba. An sake mayar da ita zuwa Morocco na Faransa a watan Mayu na 1941 don ayyukan jigilar jiragen ruwa wanda ya kasance har zuwa Oktoba.