Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da barkewar yaki a watan Satumba, "Suffren" ya yi sintiri a tekun Kudancin China don neman 'yan kasuwa na Jamus. A watan Nuwamba ta tafi Singapore don taimakawa a cikin rakiyar rundunar sojojin Australiya zuwa Colombo. Ta ci gaba da rakiyar jiragen ruwa a cikin Tekun Indiya har zuwa karshen Afrilu 1940. A ranar 18 ga Mayu 1940 ta isa Alexandria don shiga Force X na Mataimakin Admiral Godfroy. Ta yi tafiya tare da jirgin ruwa da jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa wanda ya isa Beirut a ranar 21 ga Mayu, tare da "Duquesne" da kuma kwanaki shida daga baya. Sauran jiragen ruwa biyu na jiragen ruwa sun isa ranar 24 da 25 ga Mayu. A ranar 11 ga Yuni jiragen ruwa sun kai hari a cikin Tekun Aegean daga Crete, ba tare da samun komai ba a Alexandria a ranar 13 ga Mayu. A ranar 21 ga Yuni ta tashi tare da "Duguay-Trouin" a cikin martani ga rahoton wasu jiragen ruwa na Italiya guda uku da aka yi a Tobruk. Ba su sami jirgi a tashar jiragen ruwa ba sai suka koma Iskandariya da yamma. A ranar 22 ga Yuni sanarwar hukuma game da yarjejeniyar armistice ta Faransa da Jamus
aka kawo. Dukkanin jiragen ruwan Faransa an hana su barin tashar jiragen ruwa bayan 23 ga Yuni. A ranar 3 ga watan Yuli Mataimakin Admiral Cunningham ya gabatar da Mataimakin Admiral Godfroy na ƙarshe - mika jiragen ruwa ga ikon Birtaniya, ya kawar da jiragen ruwa a wuraren da suke da shi ko kuma ya watsar da su. Admirals sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya a ranar 7 ga Yuli don kawar da jiragen ruwa.