 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Fleuret yaiva imwe yemakumi maviri akavakirwa French Navy mukati memakore ekuma1930. Ngarava yakapedzwa panguva yehondo yeFrance pakati pa1940 uye basa rayo rokutanga raiva rokubatsira kutungamirira ngarava yehondo kuDakar, French West Africa, mazuva mashomanana vasati vasayina chibvumirano chehondo neGermany. Pashure pokurwiswa kweDakar neBritainMuna September, akanga ari mumwe wavaparadzi vana akarayirwa kuti arwise ngarava dzeBritain, kunyange zvazvo pakanga pane kungorwisana kusina kukwana nemumwe muvaparadzi weBritain. Fleuret yakabatsira kuperekedza imwe yengarava dzehondo dzakakanganiswa nemaBritish panguva yekurwiswa kwavo kwaJuly paMers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, kudzokera kuFrance munaNovember uye yakabva yadzikiswa kuti ichengetedze. 