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Thirteen ships of the
French Navy have been named in honour of
Louis Antoine de Bougainville :
A
privateer (1797–1800) captured by
HMS Amazon on 14 February 1800, but the prize sank following a collision the next day.
A privateer captured by the frigate
HMS Eurydice in June 1801
A privateer captured by
HMS Scorpion in March 1807.
A
brig captured by the British in 1809
A brig-
aviso (1830–1856)
A steam aviso (1858–1889)
An aviso (1875–1920), launched as Allier and renamed in 1887
A three-masted barque (1902), sunk by a German submarine in 1916
A mobilised cargo (1914), captured by the Japanese in 1942
A colonial aviso
Bougainville (1929–1940)
An auxiliary cruiser (ex-Victor Schoelcher ) sunk by the British in 1942
The landing ship dock
Bougainville (L9077) (1986)
The present
Bougainville (A622) , a
D'Entrecasteaux -class multi-mission vessel
See also