Bouvet-class aviso

The Bouvet-class was a type of sail and steam avisos of the French Navy. Design by Vésigné and La Celle,[2] the ships had a clipper hull, barque rigging and a steam engine with one propeller. They were armed with on 160mm gun and two 120mm guns. Bruat (1867) is sometimes counted among this class.[2]

1/25th scale model of the steam aviso Bouvet, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
Class overview
Name: Bouvet
Operators:  French Navy
In commission: 1865-1888 [1]
Planned: 2 [1]
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Class and type: Bouvet class aviso
Displacement: 760 tonnes
Length: 55.75 m (182.9 ft)
Beam: 8.5 m (28 ft)
Propulsion: 700 shp (520 kW)
Complement: 85
Armament:
  • 1 × 16cm gun
  • 2 × 12cm gun

A model of Bouvet, lead ship of the class, is now on display at Paris naval museum.

Builder:
Begun:
Launched: 1865
Completed:
Fate:
  • Guichen
Builder:
Begun:
Launched: 1867
Completed:
Fate:

Sources and references
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

References
  1. Roche, p.481
  2. Avisos de 2ème classe Archived 2015-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, la Flotte de Napoléon III
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