Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1935 an canja shi zuwa wani sabon hanya, yana tafiya tsakanin Marseille da New Caledonia a Kudancin Pacific, ta hanyar Canal na Panama. A ranar 19 ga Mayu 1940 ta bar Marseille a karkashin jagorancin Kyaftin Sabouret, zuwa Tahiti. Ta isa Papeete a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1940, kwana biyar bayan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar armistice tsakanin Faransa da Jamus.
wanda ya kawo karshen yakin Faransa. A ranar 18 ga Yuli 1940 ta isa Suva a Fiji don yin man fetur, amma hukumomi sun kama shi a can. An kai shi Sydney, a Australia, inda mutane 26 da ke cikin jirgin, har da kyaftin, suka ba da kansu su yi hidima a cikin jirgin.