1st Class Avisos (Screw): Photo Gallery
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.Click on a photo to prompt a larger view of the same image.
1861-1868
Class: Repeat Lamotte-Picquet (on list 1860)
Adonis (embarkation hulk, ex 2nd class aviso) 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: Facebook by Alexandru Ioniță on 8.8.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_1270)
Class: Bouvet (i) (1864)
Bruat (2nd class aviso) on the Charente in 1882. (Photo: Facebook by Andrey Myatishkin on 23.9.2023 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_40)
Class: Bouvet (i) (1864)
Bruat (2nd class aviso) at Rochefort in 1882. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 12.12.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_39)
Class: Renard (1865)
Renard (2nd class aviso) at Brest in 1870-71. (Photo: Facebook by Vladimir Yakubov on 20.1.2024)
Class: Boursaint (1869)
Boursaint (2nd class aviso). (Photo: NHHC NH 74974 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Boursaint (1869)
Boursaint (2nd class aviso) in drydock at Brest. (Photo: NHHC NH 88820)
Class: Boursaint (1869)
Boursaint (2nd class aviso) at Rochefort after being reboilered and rearmed in 1881-82. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 8.1.2023 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_35)
1873-1877
Class: Bouvet (ii) (1873)
Bouvet (Aviso) at Rochefort. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 11.6.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_38)
Class: Bouvet (ii) (1873)
Parseval (Aviso), possibly at Toulon. (Photo: Shipscribe)
Class: Bisson (1873/77)
Bisson (Aviso) at Rochefort in 1884. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 8.3.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_32)
Class: Bisson (1873/77)
Bisson (Aviso) in October 1889 in the Rade des Saintes near Guadalupe. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 8.12.2024)
Class: Bisson (1873/77)
La Bourdonnais (Aviso) 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)
Class: Bisson (1873/77)
La Bourdonnais (Aviso) on the Charente, probably after being reboilered and recommissioned in 1891 for service in the Indian Ocean. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 8.1.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_524)
Class: Chasseur (1874)
Chasseur (Aviso) on the Charente in 1878. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 24.9.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_136)
Class: Chasseur (1874)
Chasseur (Aviso). (Photo: NHHC NH 74802 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Bisson (1873/77)
Hussard (Aviso) 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)
Class: Bisson (1873/77)
Dumont d'Urville (Aviso) on the Charente in 1896. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 29.7.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_170)
1883
This was the final class in this series and is included here instead of in the 1882-1897 section.
Class: Inconstant (1883)
Inconstant (1st class aviso). (Photo: NHHC NH 74964 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Inconstant (1883)
Papin (1st class aviso). (Photo: NHHC NH 74965 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Inconstant (1883)
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)