| French aviso Dumont d'Urville | |
|---|---|
 The Dumont d'Urville arrives at the wharf. | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Dumont d'Urville |
| Namesake: | Dumont d'Urville |
| Builder: | At. et Ch. Maritime Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux |
| Launched: | 21 March 1931[1] |
| Fate: | Scrapped 26 March 1958[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Bougainville-class aviso |
| Displacement: | 1,969 tons[1] |
| Length: | 103.70 metres (340.2 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 12.98 metres (42.6 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 4.80 metres (15.7 ft)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 Sulzer marine diesel engines, 3,200 shp[1] |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: |
13,000 nautical miles at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h); 7,600 nautical miles at 14 knots (26 km/h);[1] Fuel capacity: 297 tons[1] |
| Armament: |
3 × 138 mm guns model 1927 in single mountings |
| Armour: | Bullet-proof plating of control positions (by 1944) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 seaplane until it was removed in 1941 to make way for 4 × 37 mm AA guns, 2 × 25 mm AA guns, 4 × 13.2 mm AA machine guns & 2 × 8 mm AA guns[2] |
Dumont d'Urville was an Bougainville-class aviso of the French Navy, designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa. She was built by Ateliers et Chantiers Maritime Sud-Ouest of Bordeaux and launched on 21 March 1931.[1]
After the Fall of France Dumont d'Urville remained under Vichy French control and in September 1940 she was in New Caledonia as a part the Vichy government's attempt to gain control of the French colony. However, the Royal Australian Naval cruiser HMAS Adelaide (1918) arrived carrying a Free French temporary governor led the Vichy governor to depart aboard Dumont d'Urville on 25 September.[3]
On the night of 16 –17 January 1941 Dumont d'Urville took part in the Battle of Koh Chang.[4]
In September 1942 Dumont d'Urville took part in rescuing survivors from RMS Laconia which German submarine U-156 had torpedoed and sunk (the Laconia incident).[citation needed]
By 1944 Dumont d'Urville's armament had been augmented with the addition of four single-mounted 40 mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns, 11 single-mounted 20 mm AA guns, four anti-submarine mortars and two racks for 66 depth charges.[1]
Dumont d'Urville remained in French Navy service after the war until 26 March 1958 when she was scrapped.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Le Masson 1969, p. 12.
- ↑ Le Masson 1969, p. 11.
- ↑ Cassells1[Clarification needed]
- ↑ "La bataille de Koh Chang (janvier 1941)". Croiseur Lamotte-Picquet. Net-Marine. http://www.netmarine.net/bat/croiseur/lamotte/kohchang/.
Sources[]
- Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. pp. 11–12. ISBN 9780356023847.
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