French aviso Dumont d'Urville

Dumont d'Urville
Dumont d'Urville arrives at a wharf
History
France
NameDumont d'Urville
NamesakeDumont d'Urville
BuilderAt. et Ch. Maritime Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux
Launched21 March 1931
FateScrapped 26 March 1958
General characteristics
TypeBougainville-class aviso
Displacement
Length103.7 m (340 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
Draught4.15 m (13 ft 7 in)
Installed power2,100 PS (1,500 kW; 2,100 bhp)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 diesel engines
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement
  • 14 officers and 121 crewmen in peacetime;
  • 166 or 183 men in wartime
Armament
Armour
  • Hull: 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in)
  • Deck: 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in)
  • Gun shields: 3 mm (0.1 in)
Aircraft carried1 × Gourdou-Leseurre GL-832 HY floatplane

Dumont d'Urville was one of a dozen Bougainville-class avisosbuilt for the French Navy during the 1930s. The ship was designed to operate from French colonies in Asia and Africa and initially stationed in the Indian Ocean. Completed in 1932, she participated in the Battle of Koh Chang in 1941 during the Franco-Thai War.