 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekuregererwa kweFrance musi wa22 Chikumi, Royal Navy yakarwisa ngarava muMers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, musi wa3 Chikunguru kudzivirira kuti vasaendeswe kuvaGermany. Kuti vadzivise kurwiswa kwezvikepe zvaiva pedyo neOran, vakafamba vakananga kuToulon uye Cassard yaiva imwe yengarava dzakasangana navo munzira ndokuvaendesa kuToulon. VaVichy French vakavandudza FHM musi wa25 Gunyana mushure mekunge vataurirana mitemo inoganhurira zviitiko zvesimba nenhamba neItaly neGerman Armistice Commissions. Cassard yakanga iri ngarava bedzi yekirasi yake yakapiwa kwaari uye yakanga iri imwe yevanomuperekedza pavakaita kurovedza kuenda kuWestern Mediterranean musi wa16-18 October. Mushure mekunge maAllies apinda muFrench Lebanon neSyria munaJune 1941, Cassard, Tartu uye cruiser inorema yakatakura battalion yevarwi kubva kuAlgiers, French Algeria, kuenda kuMarseilles iyo yaifanirwa kusimbisa Levant pakati paJune 30 naJuly 1. Apo vaGermany vakaedza kubata ngarava dzeFrance muToulon musi wa 27 November 1942, ngarava yacho yakanyudzwa nevashandi vayo. VaGermany vakaedza kumununura mukupera kwa 1943, asi vakarega kuedza. Cassards wreck yakakuvadzwa nebhomba reAllied musi wa7 March 1944 uye pakupedzisira yakaparadzwa panzvimbo yacho mukati ma1950. 