Transports Avisos, later Avisos-Transports, 1859-1882: Photo Gallery
In fleet lists 1862 as Transports de 400tx, to Transports pouvant faire le service d'avisos 1874, Transports avisos 1875, Transports pour le matériel et le service des stations 1880, and Transports avisos 1883.Transports avisos were moved from the transport to the aviso category and reclassed as Avisos-transports 1884.
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1863-1869
Class: Indre (on list 1863)
Indre (400-ton transport) at Brest on 10 April 1880. (Photo: Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 2fi06396)
Class: Indre (1863/69)
Dives (400-ton transport). (Photo: NHHC NH 74846 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Indre (1863/69)
Vire (400-ton transport) at Algiers on 10 December 1885. (Photo: NHHC NH 74978 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Indre (1863/69)
Seudre (400-ton transport) at Rochefort in 1882. (Photo: Facebook by Andrey Myatishkin on 3.12.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_1091)
Class: Indre (1863/69)
Seudre (400-ton transport) at Algiers on 9 October 1884. (Photo: NHHC NH 74979 from ONI album of French warships)
1875-1880
Class: Allier (1875)
Allier (Transport aviso) at Algiers on 1 September 1886, probably when homeward bound from New Caledonia. (Photo: NHHC NH 74846 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Allier (1875)
Bougainville (Training ship). Allier was converted into a corvette d'instruction for the Naval Academy at Brest in 1887 and took the name of her predecessor in 1890. Her conversion included a full ship rig and a row of enlarged openings along each side amidships. (Photo: Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 3fi015-013)
Class: Allier (1875)
Drac (Transport aviso) at Rochefort. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 17.7.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_166)
Class: Allier (1875)
Romanche (Transport aviso). (Photo: NHHC NH 74977 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Allier (1875)
Romanche (Transport aviso). (Photo: Shipscribe)
Class: Allier (1875)
Sâone (School ship). Stricken 1895, converted into a dépôt d'instruction des apprentis gabiers (training hulk for apprentice topmen) without machinery but with a full ship rig, and moored here near the Brest château until 1907. The old battleship ahead of her is Formidable. (Photo: Wikipedia from Archives Finistère FRAD029_4FI_00858_010)
Class: Pourvoyeur (1878)
Pourvoyeur (Transport aviso) at Rochefort in 1891. This small brig-rigged transport aviso was designed for service in French Guiana. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 31.7.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_718)
Class: Pourvoyeur (1878)
Pourvoyeur (Transport aviso) on the Charente on 7 September 1891. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 9.10.2023 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_719)