French destroyer Siroco (1939)

For the destroyer Siroco launched in 1925 and sunk in 1940, see French destroyer Siroco.

History
Sister ship Le Hardi at anchor
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:	1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (standard ) 2,577 t (2,536 long tons) (deep load)
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:	58,000 PS (42,659 kW; 57,207 shp) 4 Forced-circulation boilers
Propulsion:	2 × Shafts 2 × Geared steam turbines
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:	3 × twin 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.5 in) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × triple + 2 × twin 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 8 depth charges; 1 × chute

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

Cernuschi, Enrico & O'Hara, Vincent P. (2013). "Toulon: The Self-Destruction and Salvage of the French Fleet". In Jordan, John. Warship 2013. London: Conway. pp. 134–48. ISBN 978-1-84486-205-4.
Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
Jordan, John & Moulin, Jean (2015). French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4.
Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

Le Hardi-class destroyers

French Navy	Le Hardi Fleuret / Foudroyant Épée / L'Adroit Mameluk Casque Le Flibustier / Bison Lansquenet Le Corsaire / Siroco L'Intrépide Le Téméraire L'Opiniâtre L'Aventurier

Kriegsmarine	TA 34 (ex-FR 34) ZF6 / ZF2 (ex-L'Opiniâtre) ZF7 (ex-L'Aventurier)

Regia Marina	FR 32 (ex-Siroco) FR 33 (ex-L'Adroit) FR 34 (ex-Lansquenet) FR 35 (ex-Bison) FR 36 (ex-Foudroyant) FR 37 (ex-Le Hardi)

Preceded by: L'Adroit class Followed by: T 47 class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942

Shipwrecks	2 Nov: Empire Antelope, Empire Leopard 4 Nov: Hobbema, U-132 5 Nov: U-408 6 Nov: City of Cairo 7 Nov: Eveleen, Ha-11, USS Majaba 8 Nov: Albatros, Brestois, Boulonnais, Fougueux, Frondeur, HMS Hartland, Milan, Primauguet, Surprise, Tornade, Tramontane, HMS Walney, West Humhaw 9 Nov: HMS Cromer, USS Leedstown, Typhon 10 Nov: HMS Broke, I-15, HMS Ibis, Jean Bart, HMS Martin, Méduse 11 Nov: USS Joseph Hewes, HMS Unbeaten, Viceroy of India 12 Nov: USS Edward Rutledge, USS Erie, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton, USS Cushing, Empire Wold, HNLMS Isaac Sweers, USS Juneau, Kinugasa, USS Laffey, USS Monssen, U-411, Yūdachi 14 Nov: Hiei, Scillin, U-595, U-605 15 Nov: HMS Algerine, HMS Avenger, Ayanami, USS Benham, Kirishima, USS Preston, U-98, U-259, USS Walke 16 Nov: Irish Pine, U-173 17 Nov: U-331 18 Nov: Krasnoye Znamya, Tower Grange 19 Nov: USS YP-26 20 Nov: Prins Harald 21 Nov: U-517 24 Nov: Hayashio 25 Nov: HMS Utmost 27 Nov: Aigle, Algérie, Bordelais, Casque, Cassard, Colbert, Commandant Teste, D'Iberville, Dunkerque, Dupleix, Foch, Foudroyant, Gerfaut, Guépard, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, La Galissonnière, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador, Panthère, Provence, Siroco, Strasbourg, Tartu, Tigre, Trombe, Valmy, Vauban, Vauquelin, Vautour, Vénus, Verdun 28 Nov: Empire Cromwell, HMS Ithuriel, Nova Scotia, Thomas T. Tucker 29 Nov: Dunedin Star 30 Nov: USS Northampton, HMCS Quinte, Takanami, Thor, Uckermark Unknown date: La Sibylle, Saint Edmond, U-184

Other incidents	7 Nov: USS Thomas Stone 8 Nov: HMS Broke, USS Leedstown 9 Nov: Wandle 14 Nov: USS Electra 15 Nov: HMCS Saguenay 16 Nov: USS Electra 17 Nov: Piemonte 20 Nov: HMS Bramham 27 Nov: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon 28 Nov: USS Alchiba 29 Nov: Akka

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