 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera, ngarava dzakapihwa ku1st Battle Squadron uye dzakatumirwa kujoina ngarava kuCorfu; panguva ino, ngarava dzakanga dzagadziriswa mukuvharirwa kwekumaodzanyemba kweAdriatic uye saka maBretagne akaona zvishoma chiitiko panguva yehondo. Ngarava akapedza 1920s uye 1930s muMediterranean uye Atlantic Squadrons, pasi nguva refits uye modernizations, uye mukupera 1930s, vakatora chikamu asiri kupindira patrol kure Spain munguva Spanish Civil War. Mushure mekutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, vakashanda sevashandi vekufambisa muAtlantic uye muna 1940, sezvo hondo neItaly yakawedzera, vakaiswa pamwe nehuwandu hwezvikepe zveFrance muMediterranean sekudzivirira. uye vaiva muMers El Kébir apo Germany yakakunda France munaJune 1940, uye panguva yeBritish kushanda kuti isasvibise chikepe cheFrance, yakarwiswa pachiteshineBritish Force H. Bretagne yakaparadzwa uye Provence yakakuvadzwa zvikuru, gare gare ichidzorerwa uye ichidzorerwa kuToulon nokuda kwekugadzirisa, uko yakanyudzwa muna 1942 kudzivisa kubatwa kwayo nevaGermany. Munguva iyi, yakatorwa neBritain apo yakanga yakasungirirwa muAlexandria, Egypt uye yakabva yashandurwa kuFree French Naval Forces. Akaona chiito mukati memakore okupedzisira ehondo achibhomba mauto eGermany muFrance yaigarwa. Pashure pehondo, yakashandiswa sechikepe chokurovedza uye gare gare chikepe chevarwi, pakupedzisira ichiparadzwa muna 1953. 