Bougainville-class aviso

Rigault de Genouilly in 1938
Class overview
Name	Bougainville class
Operators	French Navy
Subclasses	Beautemps-Beaupré
Built	1929–1939
In commission	1933–1959
Planned	10
Completed	8
Cancelled	1
Lost	5
Scrapped	4
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Aviso
Displacement	1,969 t (1,938 long tons) (standard) 2,600 t (2,600 long tons) (full load)
Length	103.7 m (340 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
Draught	4.15 m (13 ft 7 in)
Installed power	4,200 or 4,382 PS (3,089 or 3,223 kW; 4,143 or 4,322 bhp)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 diesel engines
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	14 officers and 121 crewmen
Armament	3 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns 4 × twin 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns 50 × mines
Armour	Deck: 6 mm (0.24 in) Gun shields: 3 mm (0.1 in)
Aircraft carried	1 seaplane

The Bougainville class was a group of colonial avisos, or sloops, built for the French Navy during the 1930s. They were designed to operate in the remote locations of the French Empire.