French frigate Commandant Bourdais

Commandant Bourdais (F 740) was a Commandant Rivière-class frigate of French Navy. She was later transferred to National Navy of Uruguay in 1991.

Development and design
The main gun armament of the Commandant Rivière class consisted of three of the new French 100 mm guns, with a single turret located forward and two turrets aft. These water-cooled automatic dual-purpose guns could fire a 13.5 kg shell at an effective range of 12000 m against surface targets and 6000 m against aircraft at a rate of 60 rounds per minute. A quadruple 305 mm anti-submarine mortar was fitted in 'B' position, aft of the forward gun and in front of the ship's superstructure, capable of firing a 230 kg depth charge to 3000 m or in the shore bombardment role, a 100 kg projectile to 6000 m. Two triple torpedo tubes were fitted for anti-submarine torpedoes, while the ship's armament was completed by two 30 mm Hotchkiss HS-30 cannon. The ships had accommodation for an 80-man commando detachment with two fast landing boats, each capable of landing 25 personnel.

Construction and career
Commandant Bourdais was laid down in April 1959 and launched on 15 April 1961 at Arsenal de Lorient in Lorient. The frigate was commissioned on 10 March 1963.

The ship was sold to Uruguay in 1991 and given the new name Uruguay and was in service until 2008. She was sold for scrap some years later.