Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - Mgbe ndị Allies wakporo French North Africa
na November 8, French West Africa na ụgbọ mmiri ya, gụnyere "Le Terrible" na nwanne ya nwanyị "Le Fantasque", sonyeere ndị Allies na November 24. Ụmụnne nwanyị ndị a gara Casablanca, French Morocco, ebe a na-ewepụ egbe mgbochi ụgbọelu ha dị mfe, na 21 Jenụwarị 1943 wee gaa Charlestown Navy Yard na Boston ka emeziwanye ya. Mgbe ọ bịarutere na 21 Febụwarị, nrụzigharị nke "Le Terrible" were ruo 22 Mee ma gụnye mgbakwunye nke usoro Alpha 128 ASDIC nke ikike, ntinye nke SA ịdọ aka ná ntị na SF radar nyocha elu, iwepụ ya tubes torpedo azụ na ntụgharị nke ụfọdụ tankị mmiri mmiri na mmanụ ọkụ iji melite ya. Ugbua ngwa agha AA ya nwere egbe Bofors asatọ n'ime ugwu anọ na-agbapụ n'elu egbe 138.6 mm, na abụọ abụọ na-ebute n'ihu ọwa mmiri; E tinyekwara egbe Oerlikon asatọ n'otu ugwu, anọ n'akụkụ àkwà mmiri na egbe ndị fọdụrụ na ikpo okwu na superstructure aft. Mgbanwe ndị a gbakwunyere ihe dị ka mbugharị nke ụgbọ ahụ. Mgbe a rụzigharịrị ya, e degharịrị ya dị ka ụgbọ mmiri dị mfe ma weghachite 10th Scout Division dị ka 10th Light Cruiser Division (). N'agbanyeghị ọrụ imeziwanye ihe na Boston, turbines nke ụgbọ mmiri ndị ahụ na-ada mgbe mgbe n'oge e ji ha mee ihe n'ụzọ dị ukwuu ma chọọ ọtụtụ ndozi. Iji kwụọ ụgwọ, ndị France nakweere iwu nke idebe abụọ n'ime ụgbọ mmiri atọ dị na 10th Light Cruiser Division (LCD) na-arụ ọrụ n'oge ọ bụla mgbe a na-arụzi ụgbọ mmiri nke atọ.