Bouvet-class aviso
 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: |
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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 shull, barque rigging and a steam engin with one propeller. They were armed with on 160mm gun and two 120mm guns. Bruat (1867) is sometimes councted among this class.[2]
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 2 Roche, p.481
- 1 2 Avisos de 2ème classe, la Flotte de Napoléon III
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