The Fougueux was a French Alcyon Class destroyer (torpilleurs) of 1378 tons displacement launched in 1928. The Fougueux had a top speed of 33.5 knots and a range of 5600 km at 15 knots and carried a complement of 204. She was armed with four 5.1 inch guns; two 37 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21.7 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.