French destroyer Siroco (1925)
Introduction '''''Siroco''''' was a  (''torpilleur d'escadre'') built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
Design and description The ''Bourrasque'' class had an overall length of , a beam of , and a draft of . The ships displaced  at (standard) load and  at deep load. They were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce , which would propel the ship at . The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of  at .The main armament of the ''Bourrasque''-class ships consisted of four Canon de  Modèle 1919 guns in shielded single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft (AA) armament consisted of a single Canon de  Modèle 1924 gun. The ships carried two triple mounts of  torpedo tubes amidships. A pair of depth charge chutes were built into their stern that housed a total of sixteen  depth charges.
Construction and career ''Siroco'' was torpedoed and sunk by the German S-boats ''S-23'' and ''S-26'' off West Hinder light vessel on 31 May 1940 while participating in the Dunkirk evacuation. Of 930 troops and crew aboard, 660 were killed. The flag of the French Army's 92nd Infantry Regiment was lost in the sinking.
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