Torpedo Avisos, 1882-1897: Photo Gallery

Couleuvrine (Torpedo Aviso) with bow torpedo tubes, which were quickly found to be unsatisfactory. (Photo: NHHC NH 74872 from ONI album of French warships)

Lance (Torpedo Aviso). The torpedo tubes have been repositioned from the bow to new sponsons on each side between the after two masts. (Photo: NHHC NH 64449)

Lance (Torpedo Aviso). (Photo: NHHC NH 66082, Farenholt collection)

Salve (Torpedo Aviso), She served her entire career in northern France. (Photo: Postcard by A. Bougault)

Flèche (Torpedo Aviso), postmarked in 1908. From 1899 to 1909 Flèche and one or more defense ships comprised the Tunisia Naval Division at Bizerte. (Photo: Postcard by LL.)

Lance (Torpedo Aviso) passing the Port-Louis citadel near Lorient. She was assigned to the Défense Mobile there between 1901 and 1909. (Photo: Postcard by J. Puel, phot.)

Sainte-Barbe (Torpedo Aviso) entering the port of Granville. She was assigned to the Défense Mobile at Dunkirk between 1897 and 1902 and similarly at Brest from 1905 to 1909. (Photo: Postcard by H.L.)

Couleuvrine (Torpedo Aviso) with two masts at Arcachon, a major oyster farming area near Rochefort. Couleuvrine was assigned to the Défense Mobile at Rochefort from 1901 to 1909. Dragonne and perhaps others also had two masts late in their careers. (Photo: Postcard by ND Phot)

Lévrier (Torpedo Aviso). The location may be the canal at Bizerte that was opened in 1896. (Photo: Postcard by ND Phot)

Léger (Torpedo Aviso) at Villefranche in the early 1890s with seagoing torpedo boats Kabyle) (left) and Dragon (center). (Photo: NHHC NH 88792, G.J. Phot.)

Lévrier (Torpedo Aviso). All three torpedo tubes are visible here, with one in the bow, one between the foremast and the superstructure, and one between the superstructure and the after mast. Both of these were stowed to port but could be pivoted to fire on either side of the ship. (Photo: Facebook by Vladimir Yakubov on 10.3.2025)

Léger (Torpedo Aviso) in Oran, where she was assigned to the Défense Mobile between 1902 and 1907. The stack appears to have been shortened somewhat and the main top has been removed. (Photo: Postcard by LL.)

Léger or Lévrier (Torpedo Aviso) at Barcelona, with a shortened stack. Both ships were assigned to Défenses Mobiles in the Mediterranean between 1901 and 1907 and then deleted. (Photo: Facebook by Vladimir Yakubov on 26.12.2023)

D'Iberville (Torpedo Aviso). (Photo: NHHC NH 66093 from the Farenholt collection)

Cassini (Torpedo Aviso). (Photo: Postcard by P.B. Cherbourg)

Cassini (Torpedo Aviso) on 10 July 1905 during a visit of a British fleet to Brest. (Photo: Facebook by Andrey Myatishkin on 17.10.2024 from BNF-Btv1b532064546)

Casabianca (Torpedo Aviso) on trials. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 26.8.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_117)

Casabianca (Torpedo Aviso) with closed funnel covers. (Photo: NHHC NH 64457, from ONI)

Dunois (Torpedo Aviso) entering Dunkirk led by a tug or pilot boat. (Photo: Postcard by C.A.R., printed in Nancy)

Dunois (Torpedo Aviso) in a Mediterranean port. The publisher of the card, F. Cauba, was based in Cette and documented the Languedoc region. (Photo: Postcard by Edit. Cauba, Cette)

La Hire (Torpedo Aviso) at Cherbourg on a postcard mailed in 1906. (Photo: Postcard by G.B.P.)

Dunois (Torpedo Aviso) at Dunkirk showing details of her bow and upperworks. (Photo: Postcard by LL.)

La Hire (Torpedo Aviso) at Toulon showing the unusual arrangement of the bow in this class. (Photo: Photo card by Étoile, Paris)