Paddle aviso (2nd class, acquired)

VILLE DU HAVRE (acquired 1828)


VILLE DU HAVRE paddle aviso (2nd class)

Displacement:	190t
Dimensions:	About the same as Coureur
Machinery:	100nhp (navy rating. Rated 80nhp in civil service)
Hull material:	Wood
Armament:
Complement:

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commiss.	Fate
VILLE DU HAVRE	Fouache, Le Havre	(?)	(1826)	1.12.28	Stk. 15.7.37

Class. Ex Commerce du Havre, purchased from Société anonyme des bâtiments à vapeur en fer on 9.9.28. After repairs at Cherborug she departed for Toulon on 29.10.28. She was renamed on 22.6.29. Although built for a route between Le Havre and England, she only made a few voyages and then served as a tug until acquired by the navy.

Disposal. Ville du Havre became a water barge in 1837 and was sold 1843.