<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngobusuku bukaJuni 1314 wabamba iqhaza ku-Operation Vado, ukuhlaselwa kweGenoa neVado, e-Italy yi-Third Squadron. Iqembu le-Vado lalifaka izikebhe Foch kanye ne Algérie kanti iqembu le-Genoa lalifaka izikebhe Dupleix kanye ne Colbert. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kubangele umonakalo omncane njengoba iQembu laseGenoa lidutshulwe endaweni engafanele kanti uhhafu weziqhumane zeQembu laseVado wawela olwandle. Ibutho laphindela eToulon emini ngoJuni 14. U-Foch waba nenkinga yokushayela kodwa wabuyela ngokuphepha. NgoJuni 25 Isivumelwano Sokuqedwa Kwezikhali SaseFrance NeJalimane  <response>: kwaqala ukusebenza futhi iLa Marine National yayeka yonke imisebenzi yokuhlasela. NgoJulayi 3 ngesikhathi iBrithani ihlasela iMers-el-Kébir, umkhumbi wezempi waphunyuka ungonakele, i-Fourth Cruiser Division yayihambe isuka e-Algiers iya e-Oran. I-Fourth yahluleka ukuxhumana nelithi Strasbourg ngakho yahamba ngomkhumbi yaya eToulon. I Algérie, Foch ne Colbert kanye nama-contra-torpilleurs ayishumi nambili ahamba ngomkhumbi esuka eToulon ukuyohlangana namabutho aseFrance ahamba ngomkhumbi enyakatho eya eFrance. Bahlangana neSine ekuseni ngoJulayi 4 babuyela eToulon. I-Strasbourg yafika kamuva ngalobo busuku. Ngo-August 1940 uColbert wavuselelwa ukuze athuthukise izikhali zakhe zokulwa nezindiza. Izibhamu ezinama-quad angu-13.2 mm zafakwa ekugcineni phakathi nalokhu kulungiswa kabusha. Lapho iqedwa, yabekwa ngaphansi kokunakekelwa nokunakekelwa nethimba elincishisiwe. NgoJanuwari 1 1941 wasebenza ukuze athathe isikhundla sika Dupleix eForces de haute mer. 