French aviso D'Entrecasteaux


Model of D'Entrecasteaux Musée de la Marine de Paris
Career (France)  French Navy
Name: D'Entrecasteaux
General characteristics
Type: Bougainville class aviso
Displacement: 1,970 tonnes
Length: 103.7 metres
Beam: 12.7 metres
Draft: 4.5 metres
Propulsion: 2 Diesel engines 3,200
Speed: 17 knots
Armament: 3 x 138mm guns model 1927 (single mountings)
4x37mm AA guns (single mountings)
6x13.2 mm machine guns
capable of carrying 50 mines

D'Entrecasteaux was an Bougainville-class aviso of the French Navy launched in 1931. The ship was designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa.

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