French aviso Bougainville
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| Name | Bougainville |
| Namesake | Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville |
| Laid down | 25 November 1929 |
| Launched | 25 April 1931 |
| Commissioned | 15 February 1933 |
| Fate | 9 November 1940 sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 1,970 tonnes |
| Length | 103.7 m (340 ft) |
| Beam | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 Diesel engines 3,200 |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
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Bougainville was a Template:Sclass- of the French Navy launched on 25 April 1931 and commissioned on 15 February 1933.[1][2] The ship was designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa and initially stationed in the Indian Ocean.[2] In 1935 it was transferred for service in the eastern and southern Mediterranean, and in early 1939 to Djibouti, returning to Toulon escorting a group of submarines after the outbreak of World War II.[2]
It sided with Vichy France and was sunk by off Libreville by its sister ship Savorgnan de Brazza on 9 November 1940 in the Battle of Gabon. Although refloated in March 1941, Bougainville sank again and was finally broken up in 1952.[2]
References
- ^ "Bougainville". Netmarine.net. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d Roche, Jean-Michel (2013). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la Flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours: Tome II (in French). JMR. ISBN 978-2-9525917-3-7.
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