French destroyer Cyclone (1925)

	Sister ship Ouragan underway before 1942
History
France
Name	Cyclone
Namesake	Cyclone
Ordered	5 March 1923
Builder	FCM Graville
Laid down	29 September 1923
Launched	24 January 1925
Completed	31 May 1927
Commissioned	15 March 1927
In service	25 June 1928
Fate	Scuttled, 18 June 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Bourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement	1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard); 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load);
Length	105.6 m (346 ft 5 in)
Beam	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power	3 du Temple boilers; 31,000 PS (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew	9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns; 1 × single 75 mm (3 in) AA guns; 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 chutes for 16 depth charges;

Cyclone was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. She saw service in the early months of World War II before being scuttled in June 1940 to prevent her capture by advancing German forces during the Battle of France.

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