<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: IVoltaire yahamba ngomkhumbi iya eBombay ngoJune 1939 futhi yangena eSouthampton ngoAugust 28. Ngo-Okthoba u-Swan Hunter noWigham Richardson eWallsend baqala ukuyiguqula yaba umkhumbi wokuhweba ohamba ngezinyawo. NgoJanuwari 1940 wathunywa njenge-HMS Voltaire. Wakhonza eMedithera kwaze kwaba  <response>: IFrance yanikezela ngoJuni 1940, ngemva kwalokho yaba umshayeli wamasosha eNyakatho Atlantic, futhi yacwiliswa ngo-Ephreli 1941 yi-Thor. 