| Navy | The French Navy |
| Type | Large destroyer |
| Class | Le Fantasque |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Arsenal de Lorient (Lorient, France) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 16 Nov, 1931 |
| Launched | 15 Mar, 1934 |
| Commissioned | 27 Nov, 1935 |
| Lost | 7 May, 1943 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Beached and shot on fire on 23 September 1940 by gunfire from the Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Australia during a British attack on Dakar. Refloated and towed to Bizerte, Tunisia but sunk there by Allied aircraft on 7 May 1943. Refloated again on 14 December 1943 but not worth repairing. |
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