Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lokacin da yakin ya fara a watan Satumbar 1939, "Lynx" ya kasance na 4th Large Destroyer Division () tare da 'yan uwanta mata da. An sanya shi zuwa Kwamandan Yammacin Turai () don aikin rakiyar jirgi daga Oktoba zuwa Mayu 1940 inda ta tsare jirgi da ke tafiya tsakanin Gibraltar da Brest da Casablanca, Faransa Morocco, da Le Verdon-sur-Mer. A watan Janairun 1940, an shigar da jirgin ruwa na ASDIC mai nau'in 123 na Burtaniya; watanni da yawa daga baya "Lynx" ya sake shigar da masu jefa kayan zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin zurfin An tura shi zuwa Mers-el-Kébir, Aljeriya ta Faransa, a ranar 27 ga Mayu kuma har yanzu yana can a ranar 25 ga Yuni bayan
Faransa ta mika wuya. Jirgin ya yi nasarar tserewa daga tashar jiragen ruwa yayin harin Birtaniya a kan Mers-el-Kébir a ranar 3 ga Yuli kuma tare da 'yar'uwarta "Tigre" sun yi aiki a takaice. Daga nan sai 'yan'uwa mata suka yi amfani da jirgin ruwan karkashin ruwa yayin da jiragen ruwan Faransa suka nufi Toulon, inda suka isa washegari. A matsayin tsofaffi "contre-torpilleurs" a cikin sabis na Faransa, "Lynx" da 'yan uwanta mata an rage su zuwa ajiyar kuma an cire su daga makamai masu linzami. A ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1942, "Lynx" ya rushe a Toulon tare da sauran rundunar jiragen ruwa na Faransa don hana kama shi da Jamus. An sake dawo da shi a ranar 23 ga Janairu 1944 kuma ya sauka a tashar jiragen ruwa ta kusa da Brégaillon. An tayar da jirgin a 1948 kuma ya rushe.