 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Zvita 1942, apo yaive ichirwisa iyo yaimbova Romanian Snake Island pamwe chete nemuparadzi Soobrazitelny, iyo cruiser yakakuvadzwa nemigodhi yeRomania, asi akakwanisa kudzokera kuPoti kunogadziriswa pasi pesimba rake. Munguva pfupi yekupfura, akapfura makumi mana nematanhatu 180 mm uye makumi mashanu nemanomwe 100 mm mabara, ayo akarova nhepfenyuro yenhepfenyuro, dzimba dzevarwi uye imba yemwenje pachitsuwa ichi, asi akakundikana kukonzera kurasikirwa kukuru. Pashure pokunge kugadziridzwa kwake kwapera iye akapa rutsigiro rwomoto wehondo nokuda kwemauto eSoviet anomhara shure kwemitsetse yeGermany paMalaya Zemlyapakupera kwaJanuary 1943. Musi waFebruary 17, ngarava yacho yakabva kuPoti ichienda kuBatumi. 