the vichy french government reestablished the (fhm) on 25 september after it negotiated rules limiting the force's activities and numbers with the italian and german armistice commissions. "kersaint" was in reserve until she was assigned to the fhm on 15 june 1941 and assigned to the 7th scout division. the ship was transferred to algiers, french algeria, in early december to prepare to escort the damaged battleship back to toulon in february 1942. after the allies invaded french north africa on 8 november, the germans attempted to capture the french ships in toulon intact on 27 november, but the ship was scuttled by her crew. "kersaint" settled to the harbor bottom and took on a list. little effort was made to salvage her and her wreck was broken up in place in 1950.