Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jirgin ruwan Faransa "Panthère" an gina shi ne don Sojojin ruwan Faransa a cikin 1920s. Baya ga tafiye-tafiye zuwa tashar Ingila da kuma Faransanci West Indies, ta yi amfani da dukan aikinta a cikin Bahar Rum. An sanya jirgin zuwa Makarantar Torpedo a Toulon a 1932 kuma ya kasance a can har sai yakin duniya na biyu ya fara a watan Satumba na 1939. An ba shi izinin aiki a cikin Atlantic kuma an sake gyara shi lokacin da yakin Faransa ya fara a watan Mayu 1940. Bayan mika wuya na Faransa
wata daya daga baya, "Panthère" ya rage zuwa ajiyar. Lokacin da Jamusawa suka yi ƙoƙari su kama jirgin ruwan Faransa a can a watan Nuwamba 1942, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin jirgi kaɗan da ba a nutsar da su ba kuma an kama su kusan ba tare da wata matsala ba.