Bougainville

Bougainville was a French landing platform dock and an intelligence vessel ordered on behalf of French nuclear experimentation centers. The ship was constructed by Chantiers Dubigeon shipyard at Nantes and completed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint Nazaire. Bougainville was launched on 28 January 1986 and commissioned on 25 June 1988. During the bulk of its career, it was used for transportation for French nuclear tests in Polynesia or humanitarian aid. In the latter half its career, the vessel was converted for signals intelligence and was replaced by Dupuy de Lôme in 2006. Bougainville was decommissioned in 2008 and used as part of the breakwater for the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The ship was sold for scrap in 2018.

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1988-06-25T00:00:00Z

1988-06-25T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1986-10-03T00:00:00Z

1986-10-03T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1986-01-28T00:00:00Z

1986-01-28T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

French Ship Bougainville during RIMPAC 2016. FS Bougainville has assisted Samoa in patrolling its EEZ. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat) - 200821-N-JW440-1502

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		French Ship Bougainville during RIMPAC 2016. FS Bougainville has assisted Samoa in patrolling its EEZ. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat) - 200821-N-JW440-1502		Commons