French aviso D'Iberville
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | D'Iberville |
| Namesake: | Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville |
| Builder: | At. & Ch. Maritime Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux |
| Launched: | 23 September 1934 |
| Fate: | scuttled at Toulon, 27 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Bougainville-class aviso |
| Displacement: | 1,969 tonnes |
| Length: | 103.7 metres (340 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.98 metres (42.6 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.8 metres (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Sulzer marine diesel engines, 3,200 bhp (2,400 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement: | 139 peacetime; 183 wartime |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | one seaplane |
D′Iberville was a French Navy Bougainville-class aviso, designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa. She was launched on 23 September 1934.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, D′Iberville served with the navy of Vichy France. She was scuttled with other ships of the French fleet at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.[1]
Notes
- ↑ harv
Sources
- Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. pp. 11–13. ISBN 9780356023847.
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