Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon yakin duniya na biyu "Protée" an sanya shi zuwa rukunin jirgin ruwa na 3 na jirgin ruwa, wanda ke da tushe a Toulon, tare da 'yan uwanta mata, da. A farkon watan Fabrairun 1940 an tura Rukunin Jirgin Ruwa na 3 zuwa Casablanca don gudanar da sa ido kan tsibirin Canary, inda wasu jiragen ruwa na Jamus ke nan. Daga nan sai aka sanya rukunin jirgin ruwan karkashin ruwa zuwa filin wasan na Bahar Rum a ranar 12 ga Afrilu, da farko a Bizerte sannan, ba tare da "Fresnel" ba, a Beirut, a ƙarƙashin ikon babban kwamandan Birtaniya a Alexandria. "Protée"ya shiga cikin 'yan sintiri da yawa a cikin Dodecanese har zuwa sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta tsakanin Faransa da Jamus
22 ga watan Yuni na shekara ta 1940. A ranar 25 ga Yuni, ranar da aka fara amfani da yarjejeniyar, kyaftin din "Protée" ya yi watsi da umarnin komawa Beirut, kuma a maimakon haka ya tashi zuwa Alexandria, ya zama wani ɓangare na Force X. An kori kyaftin din saboda wannan lamarin.