<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo payakatanga muna September, Suffren yakafamba-famba muSouth China Sea ichitsvaka zvikepe zvokutengesa zveGermany. Muna November akaenda kuSingapore kunobatsira mukufambisa boka revarwi veAustralia kuenda kuColombo. Rakaramba richiperekedza ngarava muIndian Ocean kusvikira pakupera kwaApril 1940. Pana 18 May 1940 akasvika Alexandria kubatana Vice Admiral Godfroy kuti Force X. Iye nechikepe pamwe cruiser uye rengarava torpedo chikepe kusvika muBeirut musi 21 May, akabatana Duquesne uye mazuva matanhatu gare gare. Mamwe magwa maviri anobaya torpedo akasvika musi wa24 na25 May. Musi wa11 Chikumi ngarava dzakaita kurwisa muGungwa reAegean kure neKrete, dzisina kuwana chinhu chakadzokera kuAlexandria musi wa13 Chivabvu. Musi wa 21 Chikumi akafamba ne Duguay-Trouin mukupindura mushumo wevatatu veItaly cruisers vakadzika paTobruk. Vasina kuwana ngarava pachiteshi, vakadzokera kuAlexandria manheru iwayo. Musi wa22 June kuziviswa kwepamutemo kwechibvumirano cheFrance neGermany  <response>: rakagoverwa. Ngarava dzose dzeFrance dzakarambidzwa kubva pachiteshi pashure pa 23 June. Musi wa 3 July Vice-Admiral Cunningham akapa Vice-Admiral Godfroy chisungo - kupa ngarava kuBritain kutonga, demilitarize ngarava pazvigadziko zvavo kana scuttle. MaAdmirals akasaina chibvumirano musi wa7 Chikunguru chekubvisa zvombo zvehondo. 