 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Aurora yakaisa gomba rayo rokutanga mangwanani e30 June, kure neSulina, mukati mekupinda kweSoviet muBessarabia. Yakanga ichitungamirirwa naLieutenant-Commander Stan Baicu. Chipingamupinyi chechipiri chakaiswa mukati mousiku hwaJanuary 10-11, 1941. Iye akaisa baraji rechitatu munharaunda yacho musi wa27-28 Chikumi 1941. Pakati pa 16 na 19 June 1941, iye nevamwe vaviri Romanian minelayers, Amiral Murgescu uye Regele Carol I akachinjwa ngarava yekutengeserana, akaisa baraji yemigodhi 1,000 pakati peCape Midia neTuzla, kuchengetedza chiteshi chikuru cheRomania cheConstanța. Zvimbambaira zvakaiswa kunze kweConstanța zvaizonyudza mutungamiriri weSoviet anoparadza panguva ye26 June Soviet raid pachiteshi. Aurora pachayo yakanyudzwa musi wa15 July paSulina mukati meOperation Münchennendege dzeSoviet. 