 Complete the following phrase:  Ordered on 31 December 1935, Fleuret was laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at their shipyard in La Seyne-sur-Mer on 18 August 1936. She was launched on 28 July 1938, commissioned on 10 May 1940 and entered service on 11 June. The following day, the ship sailed from Toulon to Casablanca, French Morocco to help to escort the battleship from Casablanca to Dakar before the French armistice with the Axis Powers. Together with the large destroyer , Fleuret escorted three passenger ships to Casablanca, 1723 August. Later that month, she began escorting convoys from Casablanca to various ports in Occupied France. After the 