French aviso Amiral Charner

Career (France)  French Navy
Name: Amiral Charner
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

Amiral Charner was a Bougainville-class aviso of the French Navy launched 1 October 1932. The ship was designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa. On the night between 16 and 17 January 1941, she participated in the Battle of Koh Chang.[1]. She was scuttled on 10 March 1945.

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