Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba da umarnin a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1937, "Le Corsaire" ya gina shi ta Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée a tashar jirgin ruwa a La Seyne-sur-Mer. An sanya shi a ranar 31 ga Maris 1938 kuma an kaddamar da shi a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba 1939. Jirgin ya cika kashi 82% kuma ba tare da bindigoginta ba lokacin da
Faransawa sun mika wuya a ranar 22 ga Yuni. Duk da haka, "Le Corsaire" ya shiga wani jirgin ruwa da ke zuwa Oran, Faransa Algeria, a wannan rana. Bayan da Birtaniya ta kai hari kan jiragen ruwa na Faransa a kusa da Mers-el-Kébir a ranar 3 ga watan Yuli, "Le Corsaire" ya shiga tare da 'yar'uwarta kuma sun isa Toulon a ranar 7 ga watan Yuli.