Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Voltaire" ya tashi zuwa Bombay a watan Yunin 1939 kuma ya sauka a Southampton a ranar 28 ga Agusta. A watan Oktoba Swan Hunter da Wigham Richardson a Wallsend sun fara canza shi a cikin jirgin ruwa mai cin gashin kai. A cikin Janairu 1940 an ba shi izini a matsayin HMS "Voltaire". Ta yi aiki a cikin Bahar Rum har sai
Faransa ta mika wuya a watan Yunin 1940, bayan haka ya zama mai kula da jirgin ruwa a Arewacin Atlantic, kuma an nutsar da shi a watan Afrilu 1941 ta "Thor".