The Savorgnan-de-Brazza is a French colonial aviso of the Bougainville commissioned in 1932 and decommissioned on March 20, 1957. She was built in the AC Maritime du Sud-Ouest and launched on June 18, 1931.
He was part of the Far East naval forces until February 1940. Having participated in the evacuation of the Dunkirk pocket, he was in the United Kingdom during the British seizure of French ships. He is rearmed to be part of the FNFL. Within the FNFL, he participated in the attack on Dakar and then Libreville where he won a victory against the Bougainville (ship of the same type and the same class which remained in the service of the Vichy regime). He then continued the war in the Red Sea by participating in the blockade of Djibouti between June 1941 and April 1942. He was then assigned to the transatlantic convoy escort. In June 1943 we find him on the side of Madagascar before spending the rest of the war with the Eastern fleet in the South Pacific.
His last missions will also be in the Pacific since he will participate in the Indochina War before being disarmed.
He received two citations during his career, one to the Order of the Division and the other to the Order of the Army.
Its name was given to it in honor of Count Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza who took part in several explorations in Africa.