French aviso Amiral Charner

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Amiral Charner
History
France
NameAmiral Charner
NamesakeAdmiral Léonard Charner
Launched7 October 1932
FateScuttled 10 March 1945
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 power2,191 
kW; 2,161 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

Amiral Charner was a

Battle of Koh Chang during the night of 16–17 January 1941.[1] She was scuttled in the Mỹ Tho River in French Indochina on 10 March 1945.[2]

Model of sister ship D'Entrecasteaux at the Musée de la Marine de Paris

References

  1. ^ "La bataille de Koh Chang (janvier 1941)" (in French). NetMarine.net. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
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