Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Le Hardi ("iyo yakashinga") yakanga iri ngarava inotungamirira yekirasi yake yevadzikinuri ("torpilleur d'escadre") yakavakirwa (French Navy) munguva yekupedzisira ye1930s. Ngarava yakapedzwa panguva yeHondo yeFrance pakati pa1940 uye basa rayo rokutanga raiva rokubatsira kutungamirira ngarava isina kukwana yehondo kuFrance yeMorocco mazuva mashomanana chete pamberi pehondo yeFrance.
VaFrench vakasaina chibvumirano chokumisa hondo navaGermany. Akaita basa duku muHondo yeDakar munaSeptember, kazhinji achiisa utsi. "Le Hardi" yakabatsira kuperekedza imwe yengarava dzehondo dzakakanganiswa nemaBritish panguva yekurwiswa kwavo kwaJuly kuMers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, kudzokera kuFrance munaNovember. Yakaderedzwa kuva chengetedzo pakati pa1942.