 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakanyanya kudarika neSoviet Unions Black Sea Fleet, ngarava dzeRomania dzakachengetwa kumashure kwenzvimbo dzemaminini dzichidzivirira Constanța kwemwedzi yakati wandei mushure mekutanga kwehondo. Vakapedza nguva iyoyo vachidzidzira mabasa okuperekedza ngarava. Kutanga musi wa5 Gumiguru, maRomania akatanga kuisa minda yemaminerari kudzivirira nzira pakati peBosphorus neConstanța; vanochera zvimbambaira vaidzivirirwa nevanoparadza. Pashure pokubviswa kweOdessamusi wa16 Gumiguru, mauto ehondo akatanga kubvisa zvimbambaira zveSoviet zvaidzivirira chiteshi chengarava uye kuisa minda yavo yemaminera ichidzivirira nzira iri pakati peConstanța neOdessa. Mărășești akarwiswa kaviri kure Mangalia, Romania, musi wa6 Mbudzi 1941 ne, asi akarasikirwa neese mana torpedoes. Pane imwe nguva mukati ma1941 na1942, turbines dzengarava dzakakanganiswa uye dzakamuganhurira kumhanya kwe2. Musi wa 20 Kubvumbi 1942, mushure mekunge chando chanyunguduka, Mărășești, Mărăști uye mutyairi akaperekedza mutyairi wekutanga kuenda kuOchakov, kunyangwe hazvo vatyairi veRomania vaiwanzoshandiswa kuperekedza ngarava pakati peBosporus neConstanța. Pausiku hwa2223 na2425 Chikumi, Mărășești, Regina Maria nehanzvadzi yake vakafukidza kuiswa kwenzvimbo dzekuzvidzivirira dzeOdessa. Mushure mekunge Sevastopol yakapa musi wa4 Chikunguru kuAxis, nzira yakananga pakati pechiteshi neConstanța yakavhurwa muna Gumiguru uye yakashanda gore rese. 