French aviso Rigault de Genouilly

*Rigault de Genouilly*
History
Rigault de Genouilly in 1938
France
Name:	Rigault de Genouilly
Namesake:	Rigault de Genouilly
Launched:	18 September 1932
Fate:	sunk 4 July 1940
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 × 138-millimetre (5 in) guns model 1927 (single mountings) 4 × 37mm AA guns (single mountings) 6 × 13.2 mm machine guns capable of carrying 50 mines

Rigault de Genouilly was a Bougainville-class aviso of the French Navy. The ship was designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa. On 4 July 1940 Rigault de Genouilly was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine HMS Pandora off the Algerian coast.^[1]

References

↑ "Allied Warships of WWII - Submarine HMS Pandora". uboat.net. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

Bougainville-class avisos

Amiral Charner Bougainville Dumont d'Urville D'Entrecasteaux Ville d'Ys / La Grandière D'Iberville Rigault de Genouilly Savorgnan de Brazza Le Beautemps-Beaupré La Pérouse

Preceded by: La Melpomène class Followed by: Chamois class

List of French modern frigates

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