Tromblon was one of 13 Claymore-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Tromblon was ordered on 12 May 1902 and was laid down at the Arsenal de Rochefort on 21 March 1904.

[2] When the First World War began in August 1914, Tromblon was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1re escadrille de torpilleurs)[3] based at Cherbourg.

The ship was assigned to the North Sea Squadron (Flotille de la mer du Nord), based at Dunkerque, in 1916 and became the flagship of the Commander of the Brittany Divisions (Commandant supérieur des diivsions de Bretagne) in 1918.

Tromblon was struck from the Navy Directory on 14 May 1921 and sold for scrap at Brest on 12 August.