Le Bougainville is the third ship of the Ponant Explorers-class cruise ship of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name of a famous French explorer, and Le Bougainville is named after Louis Antoine de Bougainville, a French admiral and explorer.[1][2]
Built by VARD, Le Bougainville had her hull constructed in VARD's Tulcea yard in Romania. By October 2018, she was ready to be transferred to the builder's Søviknes facility in Ålesund, Norway, for final outfitting.[3] She was delivered to Ponant in Norway in early April 2019.[4]
On 8 April 2019, Le Bougainville departed from Søvik, Norway, for Malaga, Spain, where she began her maiden voyage on 15 April 2019.[5] She was christened on 4 June 2019 in Marseille.[6]
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- Le Bougainville Ready for Transit to Norway Cruise Industry News, 15 October 2018, retrieved 19 May 2019^
- Rebecca Gibson. Ponant's newest Explorer ship prepares for maiden cruise Cruise&Ferry.net, 11 April 2019, retrieved 19 May 2019^
- Ponant Takes Delivery of Le Bougainville Cruise Industry News, 8 April 2019, retrieved 19 May 2019^
- Ponant : Le Bougainville baptisé à Marseille Mer et marine, 4 June 2019, retrieved 12 June 2019^