Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "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 Yuni 1940
, bayan da ta zama mai rakiyar jirgi a Arewacin Atlantic, kuma "Thor" ya nutsar da ita a watan Afrilu na 1941.