Savorgnan de Brazza was one of eight Bougainville-class avisos built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1930s. Completed in 1933, she was assigned...
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François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (born Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905) was an Italian-French explorer. With his...
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also known as Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, Italian-born French explorer French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza, a French Navy warship completed in 1933...
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of World War II. It sided with Vichy France and was sunk by off Libreville by its sister ship Savorgnan de Brazza on 9 November 1940 in the Battle of Gabon...
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Richelieu's 100 mm guns fired warning shots toward the Free French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza shortly after 07:00. On the approach of the sloops Commandant...
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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. The...
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departed for Saigon in French Indochina. After the aviso Savorgnan de Brazza relieved her on the French Indochina station, Rigault de Genouilly visited Shanghai...
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Lieutenant de St Aloüarn Lieutenant Francis Garnier Lieutenant Savorgnan de Brazza Admiral Florent de Varennes—first admiral of France Admiral Jean de Vienne—admiral...
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North Atlantic 9 November Battle of Gabon – Free French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza sinks Vichy French aviso Bougainville 11 November Taranto – British air...
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- formerly HMS Vineyard (P84) Morse - formerly HMS Vortex (P87) Savorgnan de Brazza Elan La Boudeuse Commandant Bory Commandant Delage Commandant Dominé...
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Battle of Gabon (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
Bougainville-class aviso Savorgnan de Brazza in conducting coastal operations. De Brazza attacked and sank her sister ship, the Vichy French Bougainville....
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Atlantic. 1940, November 9 – The Free French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza sinks her sister ship, Vichy French aviso Bougainville, off Libreville. 1940, December...
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Bougainville-class aviso Savorgnan de Brazza. De Brazza attacked and sank her sister ship, the Vichy French Bougainville.[when?] The Free French took Libreville...
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Vengeur sighted the Free French Naval Forces aviso Savorgnan de Brazza at the back of the Gulf of Tadjoura on the coast of French Somaliland and – under...
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day of their departure, they took part in an exercise with the aviso Savorgnan de Brazza. At 12:00 on 14 June 1939, the submarines anchored at Cam Ranh...
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command of Admiral Marcel Landriau [fr], with his flag on the aviso Savorgnan de Brazza, with these ships and a number of smaller units to support the...
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damaged U-181. 52 crew and one DEMS gunner were killed. The Free French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza rescued her Master (John Drayton Matthews), 70 crew and six...
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day of their departure, they took part in an exercise with the aviso Savorgnan de Brazza. At 12:00 on 14 June 1939, the submarines anchored at Cam Ranh...
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Haiphong incident (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
French began a bombardment of the Vietnamese sections of the city, using three French avisos: Chevreuil (Chamois-class minesweeping sloop), Savorgnan...
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Korea as Imchin 1952, scrapped 1973 Savorgnan de Brazza French Navy Free French Naval Forces Bougainville aviso 1,938 21 February 1933 sold for scrap...
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List of shipwrecks in November 1940 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
London: Chatham Publishing. p. 499. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. Service Historique de la Marine. Dossier TTY 771. "Poulmic". memorial-national-des-marins.fr. Retrieved...
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