French ship Bougainville

French ship Bougainville

Thirteen ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Louis Antoine de Bougainville:
* A privateer (1797-1800) captured by "HMS Amazon".
* A privateer captured by the frigate "HMS Eurydice" in June 1801.
* A privateer captured by "HMS Scorpion" in March 1807.
* A brig captured by the British in 1809.
* A brig-aviso (1830-1856)
* A steam aviso (1858-1889)
* A colonial aviso Bougainville (1929-1940)
* An aviso (1875-1920), launched as the "Allier" and renamed in 1887.
* A three-masted barque (1902), sunk by a German submarine in 1916.
* A mobilised cargo (1914), captured by the Japanese in 1942.
* A colonial aviso (1929-1940).
* An auxiliary cruiser (ex-"Victor Schoelcher") sunk by the British in 1942
* The present "Bougainville" (L9077, in service since 1986) is a landing dock.


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