Flotilla Avisos, etc. (Screw and Paddle): Photo Gallery
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ScrewIn fleet lists 1859 as Avisos de flottille à hélice, to Bâtiments de flottille à hélice 1865, Avisos de flottille 1874, Avisos de 2e/3e classe 1885, Avisos de station de 2e/3e classe 1891, and Avisos de 2e/3e classe 1892.
Class: Actif (on list 1861)
Actif (Screw 2nd class aviso through 1868, then bâtiment de flottille. To screw flotilla aviso 1874, later screw 2nd class aviso.) (Page 118 in book.) (Photo: NHHC NH 74848)
Class: Elan (1878)
Élan (Screw flotilla aviso, later screw 2nd class aviso) in 1896 alongside the mooring hulk Rhône. (Photo: Faceboook by Andrey Myatishkin on 12.2.2024 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_267)
Class: Elan (1878)
Élan (Screw flotilla aviso, later screw 2nd class aviso) coming alongside the embarkation hulk Adonis during the visit of President Félix Faure to Rochefort in 1897 for the launch of the cruiser Lavoisier. (Photo: Faceboook by Andrey Myatishkin on 16.9.2023 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_1139)
Class: Volage (1881)
Volage (Screw flotilla aviso, later screw 2nd class aviso) on the Charente in 1881. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 12.12.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_1123)
Class: Volage (1881)
Volage (Screw flotilla aviso, later screw 2nd class aviso) ca. 1881. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 6.11.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_1122)
Class: Chimère (1881)
Chimère (Screw flotilla aviso, later screw 2nd class aviso) on the Charente in 1893. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 13.2.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_138)
Paddle
In fleet lists 1859 as Avisos de 1re & 2e classe à roues and Avisos de flottille à roues, most to Bâtiments de flottille à roues 1873, Avisos de flottille à roues 1874, Avisos de 1re/2e/3e classe 1885, Avisos de station de 1re/2e/3e classe 1891, and Avisos de 1re/2e/3e classe 1892.
Class: Alecton (1860)
Castor (Paddle 2nd class aviso, later flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) on the Charente in 1861. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 22.8.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_122)
Class: Alecton (1860)
Magicien (Paddle 2nd class aviso, later flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) in 1883. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 12.12.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_548-fb220130-myatishkin)
Class: Travailleur (1864)
Travailleur (Paddle 1st class aviso, later flotilla aviso, later paddle 1st class aviso) on the Charente in 1882. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 13.9.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_860)
Class: Cigale (1878)
Cigale (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) in 1885. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 8.3.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_139)
Class: Écureuil (1880)
Écureuil (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) in 1888. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 3.10.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_265)
Class: Pluvier (1881)
Pluvier (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso). (Photo: C.-É. Hocquard in his album Le Tonquin, vues photographiques, 1883-1886)
Class: Pluvier (1881)
Alouette (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) during a visit to Saigon in March 1891 during the Eastern Journey of Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (the future Czar Nicholas II). Behind Alouette is the Russian gunboat Mandjour. (Photo: NHHC NH 75910 detail)
Class: Vigilant (1882)
Vigilant (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 1st class paddle aviso) in 1884. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 4.8.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_1119)
Class: Vigilant (1882)
Vigilant (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 1st class paddle aviso) at left in the reserve fleet at the Rochefort Arsenal in 1890. The large tops were developed for inshore colonial use. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 5.10.2023 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_1249)
Class: Héron (1882)
Goëland (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso). (Photo: Postcard by H. Laurent, Port-Louis)
Class: Héron (1882)
Héron (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) in 1883. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 14.11.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_490)
Class: Héron (1882)
Héron (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) in 1891. Note the addition of large shields around all of her guns. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 13.12.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_491)
Class: Mésange (1882)
Mésange (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) in 1892. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 29.8.2021 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_557)
Class: Mésange (1892)
Mésange (Paddle flotilla aviso, later 2nd class paddle aviso) in 1892. (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 12.2.2024 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_558)