Algeria, to Toulon in November 1940. Upon their arrival, three of the ships were assigned to the 10e (DT; 10th Destroyer Division), which was assigned to local defence duties, and the others were reduced to reserve. Casque and Le Corsaire arrived at Toulon later. Assignments to the unit rotated as ships were refitted because the French were only allowed to have three ships of the class active at any one time. On 1 April 1941, Fleuret was renamed Foudroyant, Épée to L'Adroit, Le Corsaire to Siroco and Le Flibustier to Bison to commemorate destroyers that had been sunk during the Battle of France. The 10e DT was assigned to the FHM on 1 November. When the Germans invaded Vichy France after the Allies invaded French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet, all but one of the seaworthy destroyers were scuttled to prevent their capture. While the Vichy Navy made some effort to finish Le Intrépide or Le Téméraire after the armistice, they were only 20% and 15% complete when the Germans occupied Vichy France and they made no effort to finish them. The Germans turned the ships in Toulon over to the Italians shortly after occupying the city. Bison, the only ship not scuttled, was still incomplete and was not completed by the Italians although they gave her the designation of FR 35. Mameluk, Casque and L'Adroit were the three ships assigned to the 10e DT on active duty. The latter was the only one of the trio to be salvaged as the work on the other two was interrupted by Allied bombing in 1944. Lansquenet was towed to Italy in April 1943 for completion as FR34. Sirocco and Le Hardi were refloated in as April and June, redesignated as FR32 and FR37, respectively, and were towed to Italy a few months later. L'Adroit, renamed FR33 by the Italians and Foudroyant, renamed FR36, remained in Toulon after they were salvaged in April and May, respectively. All of the ships were captured by the Germans after the Italian armistice in September, but they only made an effort to repair or complete Lansquenet which they renamed as TA34, reusing the designation of a torpedo boat that had been transferred to Croatia in 1944. She was scuttled in Genoa in May 1945, following Le Hardi in April and Sirocco in October 1944. Foudroyant was scuttled again by