Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An gina shi a Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk, an kafa jirgin a watan Nuwambar 1936, an kaddamar da shi a ranar 25 ga Fabrairun 1939 kuma an ba da umurni a watan Disamba na 1939. A watan Mayu 1940 ta shiga cikin kwashewar Dunkirk. Daga 25 ga Yuni 1940 ta kasance a ƙarƙashin ikon Vichy Faransa, wanda ke zaune a Faransa Morocco. An kama shi da Allies a lokacin
mamaye Arewacin Afirka a watan Nuwamba 1942, ta shiga FNFL. Ta kasance a cikin sabis tare da Navy na Faransa har sai da aka dakatar da shi a ranar 18 ga Oktoba, 1960, aka sayar da shi.