Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ba da umarnin a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1937, "Le Corsaire" ya gina shi da 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 bindigogi ba lokacin da Faransawa suka mika wuya
22 ga watan 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.