Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Le Hardi ("mai ƙarfin hali") shi ne babban jirgin ruwa na aji na masu hallaka ("torpilleur d'escadre") wanda aka gina don (French Navy) a ƙarshen shekarun 1930. An kammala jirgin ne a lokacin yakin Faransa a tsakiyar 1940 kuma aikinsa na farko shi ne ya taimaka ya jagoranci wani jirgin ruwa mai banƙyama zuwa Faransa Morocco kawai kwanaki kafin yakin basasa.
Faransawa sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta da Jamus. Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin Dakar a watan Satumba, galibi tana shimfida fuskokin hayaƙi. "Le Hardi" ya taimaka wajen rakiyar daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa da Birtaniya suka lalace a lokacin da suka kai hari a watan Yuli a Mers-el-Kébir, Faransa Algeria, zuwa Faransa a watan Nuwamba. An rage shi zuwa ajiya a tsakiyar 1942.