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Wednesday 18 October 2017

French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza visited the Dutch East Indies in 1935

An item reported that the French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Batavia between 7-12 November 1935, Surabaya between 14-18 November 1935, Laboean Amoek between 19-22 November 1935 and Larantoeka between 24-26 November 1935.(1)

Note
1. Of the Bougainville-class, laid down by At,&Ch, Maritime Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux, France on 6 December 1929, launched on 18 June 1931, commissioned on 21 February 1933 and broken up on 20 March 1957. Especially built to serve in the Asian and African colonies.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1935-1936.