French aviso Bougainville
Bougainville
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| History |
 France
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| Name: |
Bougainville |
| Namesake: |
Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville |
| Launched: |
21 April 1931 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Bougainville-class aviso |
| 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) |
| Armament: |
- 3 × 138mm guns model 1927 (single mountings)
- 4 × 37mm AA guns (single mountings)
- 6 × 13.2 mm machine guns
- capable of carrying 50 mines
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Bougainville was a Bougainville-class aviso of the French Navy launched in 1931.[1] The ship was designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa. It sided with Vichy France and was sunk by its sister ship at the Battle of Gabon.
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