The turbines were designed to produce 31,000 metric horsepower (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp), which would propel the ships at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph).

[1] The main armament of the L'Adroit-class ships consisted of four Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924 guns in single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure.

She was in action during the first months of World War II, and with the invasion of France and the Low Countries and was involved with the evacuation of the British and French forces from Dunkirk.

Captain Henri Dupin de Saint-Cyr beached the ship near the commune Malo-Les-Bains.

Sitting on the beach, the wreck later suffered an explosion in the forward magazine, which created a huge gap between bridge and bow.