Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I whakahaua i te 24 o Mei 1937, "Le Corsaire" i hangaia e Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée i to raatau kaipuke i La Seyne-sur-Mer. I whakatakotoria ia i te 31 o Poutu-te-rangi 1938 ka whakarewahia i te 14 o Noema 1939. I oti te 82% o te kaipuke, ā, kāore ōna pū i te wā i tukua ai te Wīwī
i te 22 o Hune. Heoi, i uru atu a "Le Corsaire" ki tetahi waka e haere ana ki Oran, French Algeria, i taua ra. Whai muri i te whakaekenga a nga Ingarihi ki nga kaipuke Navy French i Mers-el-Kébir tata i te 3 o Hurae, ka hono atu a "Le Corsaire" me tana kaipuke tuahine ka tae atu ki Toulon i te 7 o Hurae.