French destroyer Siroco (1939)

Sister ship Le Hardi at anchor
History
France
Name: Le Corsaire
Namesake: Corsair
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down: 24 May 1937
Launched: 14 November 1939
In service: 1 July 1941
Renamed: Siroco, 1 April 1941
Captured: 27 November 1942
Fate: Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type: Le Hardi-class destroyer
Displacement:
Length: 117.2 m (384 ft 6 in) (o/a)
Beam: 11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)
Draught: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range: 3,100 nautical miles (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 187 officers and enlisted men
Armament:

Siroco was one of a dozen Le Hardi-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the late 1930s under the name Le Corsaire.

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Le Corsaire served with the navy of Vichy France. She was renamed Siroco in early 1941 to commemorate a destroyer of that name sunk by the Germans on 31 May 1940 during the Battle of France.

Siroco was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942. She later was salvaged and repaired by the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy).

Notes

    References

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