Work resumed on the two ships in February 1941, but construction on "ZF7" was abandoned in June and some material was incorporated in "ZF6" which was renamed "ZF2" on 26 August. Work on that ship was terminated in July 1943 before she was launched and she was demolished when the Germans abandoned the area after Operation Dragoon in August 1944. Her wreck was scrapped after the end of the war. The French resumed construction on "L'Aventurier" in 1945 and she was launched two years later. The ship was used as an experimental hulk before she became a mooring pontoon at Brest and was listed for sale on 21 April 1971.