French aviso Bougainville explained

Bougainville was a 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. 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.

It sided with Vichy France and was sunk by off Libreville by its sister ship on 9 November 1940 in the Battle of Gabon. Although refloated in March 1941, Bougainville sank again and was finally broken up in 1952.

Bibliography

• Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Chesneau. Roger. Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich, UK. 1980. 0-85177-146-7.
• Book: Jordan, John. The Colonial Sloops of the Bougainville Class . Conway. London. 2016. Warship 2016. 8–29 . 978-1-84486-326-6.
• Book: Le Masson, Henri . 1969 . Navies of the Second World War . The French Navy . 2 . London . MacDonald & Co. . 0-356-02385-0.
• Book: Rohwer, Jürgen. Jürgen Rohwer

. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland. 2005. Third Revised. 1-59114-119-2. Jürgen Rohwer.

Further reading

• Book: Landais . Henri . Les Avisos Coloniaux . 2012 . Lela Presse . 978-2-914017-64-0 . French. The Colonial Avisos.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bougainville . Netmarine.net . 31 December 2011.
2. Book: Roche. Jean-Michel. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la Flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours: Tome II. 2013. JMR. 978-2-9525917-3-7. French.