Displacement: 1319 tons,   1800 tons full load.  Crew 138 ( 7 officers, 131 all other ranks) Speed: 33 Knots   Armament:  Four  130mm,,, One 75mm AA guns  Six 550mm torpedo tubes on two torpedo racks

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Typhon, built by F. Ch de la Gironde. and launched  22ht May 1924 and completed 1928. During world war two, she was scuttled by her crew. after sinking the USS Hartland, the US sloop. when she engaged several ships at Oran.

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Simoun was built by  Penhoet and launched 3rd June 1924 and completed January 1926.  On February 23rd 1940. she rammed and sunk the German submarine U-54. Sold and broken up 17th February 1950

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Ouragan was built by Ch. Navals Francais and launched 6th December 1924 and completed January 1927. On July 3rd 1940 she was in a British port and taken over by the Polish Navy and was crewed by a Polish crew, but ltaer she was handed back to the FNFL. She was re armed with British guns as ammunition for the French guns was in short supply.

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Cyclone was built by F. Ch. de la Mediterranee and launched 24th January 1925 and completed 1927.  During the evacuation of Dunkirk she was torpedoed and damaged by German MTB S.24 and she was at Brest under repair, but to stop her falling into German hands. The Cyclone  was scuttled by her crew.  on June 18th 1940. 

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Tempetye was built by Dubigeon and launched  22nd February  1925 and completed July 1926. 

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Mistrel was built by F. Ch. de la Mediterranee.  and launched 6th June 1925 and completed 1927. On July 3rd 1940 she was in a British port and taken over by the Royal Navy and was crew by RN crew. She was re armed with British guns as ammunition for the French guns was in short supply.

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Tornade built by Dyle et Bacalan and launched 13th March and completed 1928. During the Battle of Oran she was disabled and Sunk 8th November 1942  by HMS Aurora and HMS Calpe

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Sirocco was built by Penhoet and launched 3rd October 1925 and completed April 1927.  On 20th November 1939 she was attacked by U-49. Sunk 31st May 1940 after being torpedoed by German Torpedo Boats S23 and S26 during the Battle of Dunkirk

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Trombe was built by F. Ch de la Gironde and launched 29th December 1925 and completed 1927. during World war two, she was scuttled at Toulon, but was towed to Italy and renamed FR.31, returned to France at Bizerte on 28th October 1943.  On April 16th 1945 she was badly damaged by a Italian MTB off Cannes.

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