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 hull, barque rigging and a steam engine with one propeller. They were armed with one 160mm gun and two 120mm guns. Bruat (1867) is sometimes counted among this class.[2]
 1/25th scale model of the steam aviso Bouvet, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| Class overview | |
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| 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 |
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A model of Bouvet, lead ship of the class, is now on display at Paris naval museum.
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- Launched: 1865
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- Launched: 1867
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Sources and references
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b Roche, p.481
- ^ a b Avisos de 2ème classe Archived 2015-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, la Flotte de Napoléon III