 Tartar yakatangazve mabasa ayo neHome Fleet muna June 1941, apo yakasungirirwa kune rimwe boka duku raiva nechinangwa chokutora chikepe chemamiriro okunze cheGermany kuti vawane Enigma coding machine uye zvinyorwa zvakabatanidzwa. Pana 26 June iye akaperekedza cruiser pamwe Bedouin kubva Scapa Kuyerera kuti mvura kure Jan Mayen Island. Musi wa 28 Chikumi boka rebasa rakaona uye boka rekukwira kubva ku Tartar rakatora kutonga kwechikepe, richidzorera zvinyorwa zvakakosha. Tartar ipapo yakanyudza Lauenburg nokupfurwa. Musi wa27 Chikunguru akaongorora Spitsbergen kuti aone mukana wekushandisa chitsuwa ichi senzvimbo yekuzadza mafuta emakonzo eRussia.. 