Kammala wannan magana: Fleuret yana daya daga cikin dozin da aka gina don (Faransa Navy) a lokacin marigayi 1930s. An kammala jirgin ne a lokacin yakin Faransa a tsakiyar 1940 kuma aikinsa na farko shi ne ya taimaka wajan jagorantar wani jirgin ruwa zuwa Dakar, Faransa ta Yammacin Afirka, kwanaki kawai kafin yakin basasa na Faransa.
Faransawa sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta da Jamus. Bayan harin Birtaniya a kan Dakar a watan Satumba, ta kasance daya daga cikin masu hallaka hudu da aka umurce su da su kai hari ga jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya, ko da yake akwai wani duel da ba shi da wata matsala tare da wani jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya. "Fleuret" ya taimaka wajen rakiyar daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa da Birtaniya suka lalace a lokacin da suka kai hari a watan Yuli a Mers-el-Kébir, Faransanci Algeria, zuwa Faransa a watan Nuwamba kuma an rage shi zuwa ajiya.