Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E wuru ya na Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ tọrọ ntọala n'April 1938, kwụsịrị na 15 Jenụwarị 1940 ma tinye ya na May 1940. Na Mee 1940, o sonyere na mkpochapụ Dunkirk. Site na June 1940 ọ nọ n'okpuru nchịkwa nke Vichy France, dabere na Toulon, ebe a na-agba ya mmiri na 27 November 1942. A kpọghachiri ya n'afọ 1943, kpọga ya Ịtali, kpọgharia ya ka ọ bụrụ ụgbọ mmiri, ma kpọọ ya "FR54". Mgbe e kwuputara nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta nke Italy na 8 Septemba 1943, ọ bịara n'okpuru nchịkwa ndị Germany, laghachiri na Toulon, ma mee ka ọ daa na Marseilles na 7 August 1944 tupu nkwụsịtụ nke ndị agha.
Ndị Allied wakporo ndịda France.