Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 1930s. 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 Faransa ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar armistice.
tare da Jamusawa. 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.