The Tornade was a French Simoun Class destroyer (torpilleurs) of 1319 tons displacement launched in 1925. The Tornade had a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 4800 km at 15 knots and carried a complement of 138. 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.