French destroyer Cyclone (1925)

Sister ship Ouragan underway before 1942
History
France
NameCyclone
NamesakeCyclone
Ordered5 March 1923
BuilderFCM Graville
Laid down29 September 1923
Launched24 January 1925
Completed31 May 1927
Commissioned15 March 1927
In service25 June 1928
FateScuttled, 18 June 1940
General characteristics
Class and typeBourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement
Length105.6 m (346 ft 5 in)
Beam9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament

Cyclone was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. She saw service in the early months of World War II before being scuttled in June 1940 to prevent her capture by advancing German forces during the Battle of France.