French 1st Class Screw Avisos, 1859-1882: Photo Gallery
(Classed as 2nd class avisos to 1874)
In fleet lists as Avisos de 2e classe à hélice 1859, to Avisos 1874, Avisos de stations 1880, Avisos de 1re classe 1885, Avisos de station de 1re classe 1891, and Avisos de 1re classe 1892.
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Repeat Lamotte-Picquet, Bouvet (i), and Renard classes (1860-1865)
Adonis
Adonis (embarkation hulk, ex 2nd class aviso, Repeat Lamotte-Picquet class) at Rochefort. She is rigged to welcome the President of the Republic, Félix Faure, who was at Rochefort to witness the launch of the 3rd class cruiser Lavoisier on 17 April 1897. (Photo: Private digital collection and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR-5-G-1270)
Bruat
Bruat (2nd class aviso, Bouvet (i) class) on the Charente in 1882. (Photo: Private digital collection and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR-5-G-40)
Renard
Renard (2nd class aviso, Renard class) at Brest in 1870-71. (Photo: Private digital collection)
Boursaint class (1869)
Boursaint
Boursaint (2nd class aviso). (Photo: NHHC Photo Archive NH-74974 from ONI album of French warships)
Boursaint
Boursaint (2nd class aviso) in drydock at Brest. (Photo: NHHC Photo Archive NH-88820)
Bouvet (ii), Bisson, and Chasseur classes (1873-1877)
Bouvet (ii)
Bouvet (Aviso) at Rochefort. (Photo: Private digital collection and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR-5-G-38)
Parseval
Parseval (Aviso, Bouvet (ii) class), possibly at Toulon. (Photo: Shipscribe collection)
Bisson
Bisson (Aviso) in October 1889 in the Rade des Saintes near Guadalupe. (Photo: Private digital collection)
La Bourdonnais
La Bourdonnais (Aviso, Bisson class) at Brest. Four guns are visible: one on the forecastle, one on deck forward of the bridge, one to starboard aft of the mainmast (with another to port), and one on the stern. (Photo: Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 2fi06393)
Hussard
Hussard (Aviso, Bisson class) photographed by the Detroit Photographic Co., probably at New York in April 1893 during the Columbian Naval Review. She was reboilered with a smaller funnel in 1888. (Photo: Library of Congress LC-D4-5507)
Dumont d'Urville
Dumont d'Urville (Aviso, Bisson class) on the Charente in 1896. (Photo: Private digital collection and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR-5-G-170)
Chasseur
Chasseur (Aviso). (Photo: NHHC Photo Archive NH-74802 from ONI album of French warships)
Inconstant class (1883)
This was the final class in this series and is repeated here from the 1882-1897 section.Inconstant
Inconstant (1st class aviso). (Photo: NHHC Photo Archive NH-74964 from ONI album of French warships)
Papin
Papin (1st class aviso). (Photo: NHHC Photo Archive NH-74965 from ONI album of French warships)
Fulton
Fulton (1st class aviso). Looking downstream into the Brest arsenal through the Arrière-Garde soon after the launch of Démocratie on 30 April 1904. Fulton, on the left without masts, had been in reserve at Brest since 1899. For earlier views of this location see the 2nd rank ironclad Bayard and the 2nd class cruiser Nielly. (Photo: Postcard by R. Boelle, Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 3fi015-046)