FN Cyclone

Casualty List

same class as Sirroco above

Navy The French Navy
Type Destroyer
Class Bourrasque
Pennant
Built by F.&Ch de la Mediterranee (La Seyne, France)
Laid down 23 Sep 1923
Launched 24 Jan 1925
Commissioned 1 Jun 1928
Lost 18 Jun 1940
History Cyclone (Capt. Yves François Charles Anne Marie Urvoy de Portzamparc) was torpedoed and badly damaged by the German motor torpedo boat S-24 on 30 May 1940.
Scuttled at Brest on 18th June 1940 to prevent her capture by the Germans.3 Crew died of wounds at Ramsgate UK

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